If you believe "fat" is a slur, how the hell do you come up with the word "fattist"? Do you also say faggist, jewist and niggist?
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Ur mom is rotund
And last night her and I were getting hot and rotund.
See, this is family friendly!
Obvious troll is obvious.
I'll never understand why some people think it's "funny" to do fish for negative attention.
It just comes across as a dumb joke. I don't think they're trolling. Especially considering the post body.
I'm saying "you're all a bunch of stupid motherfuckers for caring about this trivial shit and I just wanted to vent because you consume so much air i sometimes can't breathe"
I mean, other than trying to make a lame joke/troll instead of an actual showerthought, rotund is a damn nice word. It's the visual equivalent of onomatopoeia. Kind of like lanky, or glint, it's a word that sounds like it looks.
Hey, Bobby, did you see that rotund hedgehog at the fence today?
What, Ron Jeremy is back in town?
No, jackass, the little erenaceid critter with a round, spiny body and a cute face
Well, I didn't see that, but I did once see Ron Jeremy banging some coke head that had a silver and jeweled buttplug in, she was lanky, manky, and that plug glinted in the camera lights.
Why are you obsessed with Ron Jeremy, Bobby?
What? You're the one that brought him up in some weird example to explain the visual onomatopeia, not me.
I didn't fucking bring up Ron Jeremy!
He's the hedgehog, everyone thinks of him when they hear that word, that's just a fact.
Fuck you, Bobby, fuck you.
see on one hand i like that is sounds like what it is, on the other hand i hate the way it sounds. sounds the same as melamine foam does. grinds my gears
Would you say it rustles your jimmies? Words matter, you know.
doesn't rustle my jimmies, no
Hey, got you talking didn't ya.
The word "fat" is not a slur any more than the word "black" is. Sure, someone can use it with an intent to hurt, and if the only thing you know about a person is this single adjective you probably shouldn't be talking about them, but the word is just a description. And just like for "black", all the euphemisms offer nothing helpful and are largely spread by people who have not lived and understood the experience.
If you're worried about being fat-phobic the thing to be worried about is treating fat people like shit based on their physical appearance. Up to and including shaming them for "not putting in the effort" or lecturing them about how unhealthy you think they are based on the single point of evidence of their apparent weight.
And I have to say, I'd be WAY more fucking mad at someone calling me "rotund" then fat. Holy shit you have missed the mark on this.
Not to mention: in many cases, a person can do something about being fat, whereas black people… are black.
In fact, I’d argue that trying to lump being fat into the same camp as racial or gender or sexual identity is actually offensive to the latter groups, and diminishes actual vulnerable groups who are targeted based on their identity, who continue to struggle for civil rights and recognition to this day.
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I will have you know that I go out of my way to treat fatsos with integrity and respect. Some of my greatest lovers have been fat!
So that's a "no" on "rotund" then?
Not to mention that OP really means the word "phat", which seems to have come from the 60's or 80's meaning sexy and attractive. It has nothing to do with a person's weight.
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I really enjoy corpulent
You and me both, buddy.
"Hey, rotund-ass! Chow down, wide-load!"
"Wow this is rotund, doc"
"There the word again, rotund, why are thing so rotund in the future? Is there a problem with the earth gravitational pull?"
I prefer the term "equiaxial"
It was rotund in the rotunda!
I’ve gained some weight from a thyroid disorder and drinking (I guess) and my father, who is generally oblivious, walked up, patted me on the back and said “Gosh! When did you get so CORPULENT?”
Told you it would catch on!
"Rotund" would have been better, I agree.
Whatever
Performance art is art
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