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Old 07-May-2008, 11:04
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Hello , everybody
What are informal expressions used to describe someone overweight ?

fat , thick , flushy ,....?
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Do you have access to a thesaurus?

fat, obese, stout, full-figured, corpulent, gross, fleshy, plump, portly, chubby, rotund, paunchy, potbellied, flabby, well-upholstered, broad in the beam; informal porky, tubby, blubbery, pudgy. antonym skinny.
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Obese,paunchy.
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