gravitationally challenged

comparative more gravitationally challenged · superlative most gravitationally challenged · alternative gravitationally-challenged

1. euphemistichumorousFat.

   In America fat is the new f-word—instead, it's nutritionally endowed, or person of mass, or gravitationally challenged.

   2002 July 6, Tania Kindersley, “A job for nanny”, in spectator.co.uk, retrieved 29 Aug 2010

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   [T]he chunky Mr. Ackerman took to the stage. First he told fat jokes. . . . "I'm not fat. I'm gravitationally challenged."

   1996 March 3, Diane Ketcham, “Long Island Journal”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Aug 2010

   Synonyms: horizontally challenged

2. euphemistichumorousoftenOf a person, having a poor sense of balance; subject to intervals of dizziness.

   Consider that the person asking is Mr. Bean, the diminutive, awkward, gravitationally challenged, accident-prone incarnation served up by Rowan Atkinson.

   2003 July 18, Leonard Klady, “MCM Review: Johnny English”, in Movie City News, retrieved 29 Aug 2010