different between obese vs blubbo

English

Etymology

From Latin ob?sus, derived from obed? (“I devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + ed? (“I eat”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /o??bis/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???bi?s/, /??bi?s/

Adjective

obese (comparative more obese, superlative most obese or obesest)

1. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m².

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obese

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• fat

Anagrams

• Boese

Interlingua

Adjective

obese (not comparable)

1. obese

Related terms

• obesitate

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ze

Adjective

obese

1. feminine plural of obeso

Noun

obese f pl

1. feminine plural of obeso

Latin

Participle

ob?se

1. vocative masculine singular of ob?sus

English

Etymology

blubber +? -o

Pronunciation

Noun

blubbo (plural blubbos)

1. (slang, derogatory) An overweight or obese person.
   • 1985, Dee Matthews, Allan Zullo, Bruce M. Nash, The you can do it! kids diet

     Bob, fifteen, lost 15 pounds and was 25 pounds from his goal: I've been called names like "fatso" and "blubbo" and that gets me real mad.

   • 1989, Marguerite Kelly, Katy Kelly, The mother's almanac II, Volume 2

     You study it together once a week to help him see the pitfalls, but don't get mad when he succumbs to what our flock lovingly calls a "blubbo attack." It's bound to happen.

   • 1997, David Cody Weiss, Bobbi J. G. Weiss, Good switch, bad switch, page 109

     "Watch it, blubbo!" shot Salem.

   • 2004, Fred Grandinetti, Popeye: an illustrated cultural history, page 308

     POPEYE I'm rights behind ya, blubbo!

Synonyms

• fatass
• fatso
• butterball
• fatty
• chunker
• obeast
• fatfuck

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