fatty
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fatties
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Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is overweight or obese (sometimes used as a term of address).
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a large marijuana cigarette, often shared and consumed by a group, with a shape and size similar to a cigar.
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containing, consisting of, or derived from fat
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having the properties of fat; greasy; oily
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(esp of tissues, organs, etc) characterized by the excessive accumulation of fat
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Etymology
Origin of fatty1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at fat, -y 1
Origin of fatty2
First recorded in 1790–1800 fatty 2 ( def. 1 ); 2003 fatty 2 ( def. 2 ); see origin at fat, -y 2
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Sometimes known as "Doctor Death", he became famous for developing a technique called plastination, by which fluids and fatty tissue in corpses are replaced by rubber and polymers.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
All the same, the fatty acid profile of tallow does overlap with some lipids found in human skin and sebum, including palmitic, stearic and oleic acids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
He told me that because animals like cows and bison share a similar fatty acid profile with humans, tallow-based creams are uniquely compatible with our skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
This breakdown can contribute to serious conditions, including diabetes and fatty liver disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Here and there one edge of the ruptured skin rose over the other, revealing its fatty layers, and little obtrusions like miniature bunches of red grapes forced up from the fissure.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
I’d probably be considered a bad fatty and so would a lot of other fatties I know.
From Time ● Jan. 5, 2015
And I know it's a morality tale like Shockheaded Peter, but those children were bullies and pyromaniacs, not shy fatties.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2013
Pigeons don’t migrate, though, and despite their seasonal weight gain, birds tend not to be among the world’s top fatties.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2012
“No. They’re sports stars, actors, artists. The men with stringy hair are musicians, I think. The really ugly ones are politicians, and someone told me the fatties are mostly comedians.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Say, all the fifty-seven varieties was represented,—tall ones, short ones, thin ones,219 plump ones, and plain fatties.
From Torchy by Brehm, George
It could be that processing the ground pork patties, which involved grinding the meat and adding the fattier meat to the lean, affected the kinetics of digestion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
“Oils are added to products to help create a creamier, fattier flavor profile,” she says.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
They often import lean beef from countries such as Australia and New Zealand to blend with fattier U.S. supplies to make hamburgers.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023
Spareribs are fattier, with very little meat on the top of their long, flat bones, and plenty of well-marbled meat in-between them.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
"I wonder if you have anything to do with an old friend of my fattier, Archdeacon Bakkus?"
From The Mountebank by Locke, William John
The brain is the body's fattiest organ, with fatty compounds called lipids making up 60% of its weight.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
Many people nowadays shy from eating pork, especially the fattiest parts, but it serves as the base and the literal meat and bones of Hoppin’ John.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
Cold water produces the biggest, fattiest varieties of zooplankton.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2020
A lumbering, chunky beast clad in a sheep-like coat of hair, it is the hairiest and fattiest of pigs.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019
Forage fish feed on zooplankton, and cold water produces the biggest, fattiest versions, said Shannon Atkinson, a physiologist and researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2017
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