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# fatso

«fatso» in Mova's school dictionary: **an insulting name for a fat person** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a fatso, fatsos or fatsoes)

### meaning for a pupil

(rude, slang) Fatso is an insulting name for a fat person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatso/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

It is a rude word used in bullying and name-calling; in stories, a bully may shout it. In lessons on kindness and health, it is an example of hurtful body-shaming: people come in many shapes and sizes, and calling names hurts. Sometimes friends use it as a joke nickname, but it can still upset people. Phrases: none that are kind.

### examples

- The bully shouted «fatso» at him, and he went red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatso/#x1)
- Calling someone fatso is unkind and can hurt for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatso/#x2)
- In the story, the boy who was called fatso became the hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatso/#x3)
- Our class rule is no name-calling, like «fatso» or «weirdo». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatso/#x4)
- She told a teacher when they kept calling her fatso. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatso/#x5)
- Never call anyone fatso, even as a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatso/#x6)

### note

Rude and hurtful; do not use it. Plural: fatsos. If someone calls you names, tell a trusted adult.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fatso» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatso/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.