Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fat-shame

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: fat-shame
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To criticise or deride (someone) because of their overweightness or obesity.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Using the same format as posters intended to fat-shame children, but changing the message to fat positivity, queers fat."
"Today, Ansari professes to regret the joke. “Uh, probably no reason to fat-shame my little cousin on a global scale,” he says in Right Now."

Etymology

From fat + shame (verb).

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

fat-shames (present, singular) fat-shaming (participle, present) fat-shamed (participle, past) fat-shamed (past) fat shame (alternative) fatshame (alternative)

Phrases

fat-shamer fat-shaming

Frequently Paired Words

fat-shamer fat-shaming

Questions

What does fat-shame mean?: To criticise or deride (someone) because of their overweightness or obesity.
Where does fat-shame come from?: From fat + shame (verb).

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