fatso

American  

[fat-soh] / ˈfæt soʊ /

noun

Informal: Disparaging and Offensive.

plural

fatsos, fatsoes

1. a fat person (used as a term of address).

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fatso British  

/ ˈfætsəʊ /

noun

1. slang a fat person: used as an insulting or disparaging term of address

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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

Example Sentences

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

One hundred cattle, a cluster of guinea hogs, three goats and a small herding dog named Fatso, whom Boyd calls his best friend, live there.

From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2019

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

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)