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"people of size" is ridiculous and confusing

66 replies

twoopsie · 24/12/2014 13:51

I've heard this used on radio 4 a couple of times recently, can't help but role my eyes every time.

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WooWooOwl · 24/12/2014 13:52

People are offended by the word fat though, so they have to say something.

AwfulBeryl · 24/12/2014 13:55

It is confusing. I saw it and though it was about people with dwarfism.
Is larger or big not used so much now ?

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 24/12/2014 13:55

Bit like people of stirring

OneHorseOpenSandwich · 24/12/2014 13:56

Not very accurate since everyone has a size, but not actually confusing since everyone would know what was meant.

Ridiculous.... Not sure. There is not a nice way to say fat. I guess larger people I would be most comfortable with

KoalaDownUnder · 24/12/2014 13:56

Confused What does it mean? Obese people?

TipsyMcStaggers · 24/12/2014 13:58

I worked with a chap who said the new pc thing for problems with vision was 'optically challenged'. It's stuck with me for years Grin

insancerre · 24/12/2014 13:59

It is daft
Obese is a perfectly acceptable word

AwfulBeryl · 24/12/2014 13:59

I didn't know what it meant though, until I clicked on the thread. I assumed it meant people with Achondroplasia or other forms of dwarfism.
I had just been reading about Tyrion Lannister though, maybe I wouldn't have thought that otherwise.

WilsonWilsonWoman · 24/12/2014 14:02

OMG that is hilarious! I must be a 'person of size'! I feel so special and appropriately labelled now to avoid any embarrassment or inconvenience! Grin

Jameme · 24/12/2014 14:03

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arlagirl · 24/12/2014 14:03

My brother calls himself a fat bastard.
Before anyone else does

twoopsie · 24/12/2014 14:04

Well this proves that people do find it confusing!

It was instead of obese, only known through the context it has been used in.

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LadySlatternlysHoover · 24/12/2014 14:04

I am a person of sighs

Grin

Trapper · 24/12/2014 14:13

Person of pies would make much more sense.

Neverbuyheliumbalonz · 24/12/2014 14:14

'People of size' is just ridiculously genius, I have never heard that before!

Most erm, 'people of size' that I know refer to themselves as 'big' or 'large' which I think is fine as 'fat' is not very nice.

What is wrong with 'obese' though, that is what it is isnt it?

Jameme · 24/12/2014 14:37

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 24/12/2014 14:38

Person of hairy hands

Fluffyears · 24/12/2014 14:39

I prefer 'spherically challenged' thank you!

TheHorseHasBolted · 24/12/2014 20:11

"People are offended by the word fat though"

I'm fat and I'm not in the least offended by the word fat. It's factually accurate.

raltheraffe · 24/12/2014 20:35

It makes no sense "person of size". Everyone is a person of some size, just some are bigger than others.

Janethegirl · 24/12/2014 20:39

'Fat' is descriptive and understood by most people but still is perceived as a 'bad' word.....generally by the people described by it though Grin

Ericaequites · 24/12/2014 20:42

Sears in the States used to sell clothes for girls of size as "Pretty Plus". There is the husky boys' department. A rather posh former boutique catered locally for women with a "regal figure". Short and simple words are best, but not politically correct.

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raltheraffe · 24/12/2014 20:43

In the film Hairspray the plus size ladies shop was called the Hefty Hideaway.

BarbarianMum · 24/12/2014 20:49

Fat people are offended by the word 'fat'?? Think I must have missed that memo Hmm.

To a certain extent context is important. Mentioning a person's weight is rude, unless it's pertinent to the matter in question.

Viviennemary · 24/12/2014 20:52

It's a daft expression. Everyone is of size be it small, medium or large. But usually people aren't described as fat or worse still obese though I suppose it's OK for a doctor or nurse to use obese I wouldn't use it.

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