It baffles me that the word “fat” is used as an adjective. That’s like saying:
I am freckle.
I am height.
I am cancer.
It is a THING. (Just like I don’t really like the word “lesbian” used as a noun.)
Sure, some nouns are used as adjectives, but “fat” has no place in our language as one.
FIND. ANOTHER. WORD.
Another revolutionary idea for The General Public: FAT IS NOT A FEELING, GOD DAMNIT.
Hmmz, no. Fat is both a noun and an adjective. A simple dictionary query would have clarified that:
Fat: adjective ( fatter , fattest)
(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh : the driver was a fat, wheezing man.
• (of an animal bred for food) made plump for slaughter.
• containing much fat : fat bacon.
• large in bulk or circumference : a fat cigarette.
• informal (of an asset or opportunity) financially substantial or desirable : a fat profit | fat motion picture deals.
• informal used ironically to express the belief that there is none or very little of something : fat chance she had of influencing him | a fat lot of good that’ll do him.
• (of coal) containing a high proportion of volatile oils.
• (of wood) containing a high proportion of resin : fat pine.
Also, fat can be a sentiment (i.e. I am feeling fat today; to signify not just a size but also something else, like “top of the world”).
Also 2: find other words? Sorry, the language police left for the weekend and now we are on our own, free to misuse vocabulary as we see fit. Even to re-signify or re-appropriate words to our convenience.
Now, cue me in singing “And I’m feeling faaaat” to the tune of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good”.
Yeah.
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