fat-guts
Definition
Noun (slang, derogatory): "fat-guts" refers to a person who is excessively overweight, particularly with a large belly. It is a coarse and insulting term, often used to mock or demean someone's body size.
Usage Examples
- (A rude remark about someone's overeating or size.)
- (Used as an insult to humiliate.)
- (Used self-deprecatingly, though the term remains offensive.)
Advanced Usage
- "fat-guts" is rarely used in formal or polite contexts. It appears primarily in informal speech, literature, or dialogue to express contempt or crude humour.
- The word is often hyphenated ("fat-guts") but can appear as "fat guts" (two words) in less standard writing.
Variants and Related Words
- Fat (adj): having a large amount of excess flesh.
- The cat is very fat. (Overweight.)
- Guts (n, plural): the stomach or belly; also courage (informal).
- He has guts to stand up to the bully. (Courage.)
- Fat-gutted (adj): having a large belly (rare, descriptive).
- The fat-gutted man struggled to tie his shoes. (Describing someone with a prominent belly.)
Synonyms
- Fatso (n, derogatory): a fat person.
- Blubber-belly (n, slang, derogatory): a person with a large, flabby belly.
- Tub of lard (n, phrase, derogatory): a very fat person.
Related Idioms
- "To have a gut full of": to be extremely annoyed or fed up with something (not directly about size).
- I've had a gut full of your excuses. (I am very angry.)
- "To gut it out": to endure a difficult situation with determination (unrelated to fatness).
- He gutted it out through the marathon. (He persevered.)
Phrasal Verbs
- "fat-guts" does not form phrasal verbs. It is a fixed compound noun.