big fat

See also: big-fat

English

Alternative forms

big-fat (uncommon)
big phat (slang)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪɡ.fæt/
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Adjective

big fat (not comparable)

(idiomatic, derogatory) Complete, utter, total.
He's a big fat idiot.
(idiomatic, colloquial) Huge, colossal.
It's a big fat honor.
- 1918, Fannie Hurst, "A Petal on the Current" (collected in Humoresque, 1919), in Cosmopolitan, vol. 65, p. 42:
  I know a society who will pay you a big fat sum if you'll sign over them eyes for post-mortem laboratory work.
- 1952, Walt Kelly, Pogo, 25 August 1952 strip:
  [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.

Synonyms

(huge): jumbo, king-sized, mammoth
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Translations

complete

French: gros (fr), sacré (fr), intégral (fr)

huge

French: bon gros, énorme (fr)

References

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