fatty bom bom

plural fatty bom boms · alternative fatty fatty bom bom

1. MalaysiaSingaporecolloquialderogatorymildlyA fat or overweight person.

   I particularly liked: Fatty bom bom, meaning a fat bottomed person.

   2007 November 7, Rosie Milne, “Trouble and strife: Singlish”, in The Telegraph, retrieved 28 Mar 2016

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   He skips 500 times a day and runs three kilometers a day to chase away his fatty bom bom blues.

   1990 June 2, Chua Chong Jin, The Straits Times, page 28

   “My family and friends were quite upset for me when they read it, but I don’t take it seriously,” said the 79kg heavyweight, who told us there were worse disparages like a “Go Home, Fatty Bom Bom” message posted on the Talentime forum.

   2001 November 30, Jeanmarie Tan, The New Paper, page 42

   I remember, too, a ditty: "Fatty, fatty bom bom, curi curi jagung; mata-mata tangkap, masuk dalam lokap" (the fat one steals the corn, gets arrested by police and is thrown into the lock-up.

   2006 January 10, Kathirasen, New Straits Times

   Soon, there were all sorts of derivatives - fatty, fatso, fatty bom bom, Trim and Fit club (arguably not the children's fault) - so much so that by the time someone reaches adulthood, the term had become a source of deep emotional pain.

   2014 October 20, Jeremy Au Yong, “Who are you calling fat?”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2019

   “Fatty bom bom” refers to an Ah Pui; “bom bom”, as the sound a heavy, wobbling body makes, dramatizes fatness.

   2015 November 11, Gwee Li Sui, “SinGweesh on Wednesday: Kiam Chye Char Loti”, in The Middle Ground, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2016