small fat

plural small fats · alternative smallfat

1. informalA slightly to moderately overweight person, generally reckoned as a 16-18 in US women's sizes.

   I mean tbh [TO BE HONEST] I find it frustrating when smallfats center themselves over fats who experience inarguably worse treatment

   2019, anonymous, quoted in Judith C. Bridges, "[X]splaininggender, race, class, and body: Metapragmatic disputes of linguistic authority and ideologies on Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr", thesis submitted to the University of South Florida, page 205

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   Interestingly, in a recent study size 16 – 18 was the most common dress size for American women, proving that small fats are totally “average”.

   2017, Victoria Welsby, "Fat Is Fabulous", fabUplus Magazine, Fall 2017, page 23

   As a super fat when I’ve pointed this out, by like, saying a size 16 model in an ad is no cause for my personal celebration, or that a new clothing line up to a 3X does nothing for me, etc, I’ve been shouted down for not being excited for the things small fats are now getting. I’m tired.

   2018, "feelingswithbrandy", quoted in Sarah E. Bolden, "Unsettling Boundaries: (Pre-)Digital Fat Activism, Fatphobia, and Enclave Ambivalence", thesis submitted to Syracuse University, page 127