fatso
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fatso
1940–45; perhaps Fats a nickname for a fat person ( see fat, -s 4) + -o; also compared with fat sow, German Fettsau
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At the Sydney Games in 2000, for example, an unathletic character named Fatso the Wombat became a rebuke to the wholesome images of the official mascots.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022
In 1980, Anne Bancroft — Brooks's late wife — directed a dramedy called "Fatso."
From Salon • Jul. 10, 2021
He’s struggling to pay the bills for his family of six, a goat, a cattle dog named Fatso and scores of pigs.
From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2019
In an Aug. 6 Brow Beat, Matthew Dessem misidentified unofficial Sydney Olympics mascot Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat as the battling prince and misquoted H.G.
From Slate • Aug. 12, 2016
Anyway, he wants us to and we want to so everything's lovely and so let's get to work on Fatso and his Foster.
From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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