big fat

alternative big-fat · alternative big phat

1. derogatoryidiomaticnot comparableComplete, utter, total.

   He's a big fat idiot.

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   big fat zero big fat nothing big fat lie

2. colloquialidiomaticnot comparableHuge, colossal.

   I know a society who will pay you a big fat sum if you'll sign over them eyes for post-mortem laboratory work.

   1918, Fannie Hurst, "A Petal on the Current" (collected in Humoresque, 1919), in Cosmopolitan, vol. 65, p. 42

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   [Porkypine:] Why, it's a big fat honor... They'll speech at you an' feed you chicken foot stew an'... [Pogo:] But I don't like to listen to them speeches an' I don't care for chicken foots. [Porkypine:] If yo' public is gone give you honor, son, they isn't gone let yo' personal taste stand in the way.

   1952, Walt Kelly, Pogo, 25 August 1952 strip

   As Jürgen Klopp took Sadio Mané in his arms and spun him like a beloved ballroom partner, there was a moment of sing-song communion with the Kop. They love these big fat emotional notes here.

   2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, The Guardian

   Synonyms: jumbo, king-sized, mammoth

3. not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, fat.

   The suspect was a big fat man with a shabby appearance.