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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread word needed #136355 12/22/2004 7:52 PM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1 Vancouver, Canada Pepa stranger Pepa stranger Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1 Vancouver, Canada I am looking for a word to describe people who hate, or are phobic of fat people. Something like "fatophobic". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word needed #136356 12/22/2004 8:36 PM Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas Dgeigh member Dgeigh member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas Hello, Pepa. Welcome aBoard! I found the term ‘fat-phobic’ on the Psychology Today website. Here is a link to the article: http:// http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20010301-000037.html . The term seems to be fairly prevalent on the web, but that’s no indication of the term’s validity. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find an official list of psychological phobias anywhere that listed the specific phobia you mentioned. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: word needed #136357 12/22/2004 8:38 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Well I don't know if it is the "official" word for it or not, but "steatophobic" might fit the bill. See also: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=steatopygic Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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