olestra

English

Etymology

1980s, from (p)ol(y)est(e)r +‎ -a.

Noun

olestra (countable and uncountable, plural olestras)

1. A fat substitute (a glyceride of sucrose) that cannot be easily digested and therefore adds no fat, calories, or cholesterol to food products; also used as an industrial lubricant.
   • 1999, Chuck Palahniuk (novel), Jim Uhls (screenplay), Fight Club (motion picture), spoken by Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt):

     What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my underwear. Rogaine, Viagra, Olestra.

Translations

A fat substitute (a glyceride of sucrose) that cannot be easily digested

• Russian: олестра (olestra)

Anagrams

• altrose, oestral, elators