Meanings
- neologismuncountableThe situation of cars being too big and heavy, taking too much space and causing road safety and pollution problems.
He said the aim was "to focus on an absurdity: auto-besity ... the inexorable growth in the weight and size of vehicles circulating in our cities, and particularly in Paris".
2023 July 11, Kim Willsher, quoting Frédéric Badina-Serpette, “Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle 'auto-besity'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 20232 more examples
Health authorities have waged a war on obesity for years. Now, in an effort to curtail the rise of big cars such as S.U.V.s and cut down on pollution, Paris has declared a war on "auto-besity." Its first step is to charge drivers more to park the vehicles — a move that could eventually hit car companies.
2023 July 15, Ephrat Livni, Bernhard Warner, Ravi Mattu, Michael J. de la Merced, “Why Deep-Sea Mining Is the Next Battleground in the Energy Transition”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023I fear we are not as smart as the French. Do not be surprised if the next trend in autobesity coming from the USA is people buying tanks. A mammoth machine equipped with a big gun, just what monster SUV owners dream of.
2023 July 21, David Lovejoy, “Editorial: Tackling autobesity”, in Byron Shire Echo, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2023
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Catalan autobesitat
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French autobésité
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Italian autobesità
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Portuguese autobesidade
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Spanish autobesidad
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autobesity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autobesity
“autobesity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autobesity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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