small fat

English

Alternative forms

• smallfat

Noun

small fat (plural small fats)

1. (informal) A slightly to moderately overweight person, generally reckoned as a 16-18 in US women's sizes.
   • 2017, Victoria Welsby, "Fat Is Fabulous", fabUplus Magazine, Fall 2017, page 23:

     Interestingly, in a recent study size 16 – 18 was the most common dress size for American women, proving that small fats are totally “average”.

   • 2018, "feelingswithbrandy", quoted in Sarah E. Bolden, "Unsettling Boundaries: (Pre-)Digital Fat Activism, Fatphobia, and Enclave Ambivalence", thesis submitted to Syracuse University, page 127:

     As a super fat when I’ve pointed this out, by like, saying a size 16 model in an ad is no cause for my personal celebration, or that a new clothing line up to a 3X does nothing for me, etc, I’ve been shouted down for not being excited for the things small fats are now getting. I’m tired.

   • 2019, anonymous, quoted in Judith C. Bridges, "[X]splaininggender, race, class, and body: Metapragmatic disputes of linguistic authority and ideologies on Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr", thesis submitted to the University of South Florida, page 205:

     I mean tbh [TO BE HONEST] I find it frustrating when smallfats center themselves over fats who experience inarguably worse treatment

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:small fat.

Coordinate terms

• deathfat (morbidly obese person)