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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ttung-ttung-i
"그는 친구들에게 뚱뚱이라고 놀림을 받았다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An insulting or derogatory term for a person who is overweight.
"He was bullied at school and called names like fatso." - 2
Occasionally used among close acquaintances as a familiar or ironically affectionate nickname.
"Pass the remote control, you old fatso."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'fat' combined with the suffix '-so' or '-o', a colloquial suffix common in English slang that creates familiar, derogatory, or affectionate nicknames (similar to 'kiddo' or 'weirdo'). Emerging in mid-20th-century informal American English, it functions primarily as a disparaging slang term for an overweight person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fatso" is said worldwide
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gros boudin
Transliteration: gro bu.dɛ̃
"Il se moquait de lui en l'appelant gros boudin."
Dicker
Transliteration: dɪkɐ
"Er wurde früher oft als Dicker beschimpft."
ciccione
Transliteration: tʃitˈtʃoː.ne
"Lo prendevano in giro chiamandolo ciccione."
gordo
Transliteration: ˈɡor.do
"Le molestaba que le dijeran gordo en la escuela."
gorducho
Transliteration: ɡorˈdu.ʃu
"Ele era chamado de gorducho pelos colegas."
मोटा
Transliteration: motā
Script: मोटी
"उसे स्कूल में मोटा कहकर चिढ़ाया जाता था।"
胖子
Transliteration: pàng zi
"他小时候常常被叫作胖子。"
뚱뚱이
Transliteration: ttung-ttung-i
"그는 친구들에게 뚱뚱이라고 놀림을 받았다."
太っちょ
Transliteration: futotchō
"彼は子供の頃、太っちょと呼ばれていた。"
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