blubbo

English

Etymology

From blubber +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Noun

blubbo (plural blubbos)

1. (slang, derogatory) An overweight or obese person.
   • 1985, Dee Matthews, Allan Zullo, Bruce M. Nash, The you can do it! kids diet

     Bob, fifteen, lost 15 pounds and was 25 pounds from his goal: I've been called names like "fatso" and "blubbo" and that gets me real mad.

   • 1989, Marguerite Kelly, Katy Kelly, The mother's almanac II, Volume 2

     You study it together once a week to help him see the pitfalls, but don't get mad when he succumbs to what our flock lovingly calls a "blubbo attack." It's bound to happen.

   • 1997, David Cody Weiss, Bobbi J. G. Weiss, Good switch, bad switch, page 109

     "Watch it, blubbo!" shot Salem.

   • 2004, Fred Grandinetti, Popeye: an illustrated cultural history, page 308

     POPEYE I'm rights behind ya, blubbo!

Synonyms

• fatass
• fatso
• butterball
• fatty
• chunker
• obeast
• fatfuck

Translations

overweight person

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