gravitationally challenged
Adjective
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Adjective
gravitationally challenged
- (humorously, euphemistic, of a, person) Fat.
- 1996, Diane Ketcham, "Long Island Journal ↗," New York Times, 3 March (retrieved 29 Aug. 2010):
- [T]he chunky Mr. Ackerman took to the stage. First he told fat jokes. . . . "I'm not fat. I'm gravitationally challenged."
- 2002, Tania Kindersley, "A job for nanny ↗," spectator.co.uk, 6 July (retrieved 29 Aug. 2010):
- In America fat is the new f-word—instead, it's nutritionally endowed, or person of mass, or gravitationally challenged.
- 1996, Diane Ketcham, "Long Island Journal ↗," New York Times, 3 March (retrieved 29 Aug. 2010):
- (, euphemistic, often, humorous) Of a person, having a poor sense of balance; subject to intervals of dizziness.
- 2003, Leonard Klady, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20081204040802/http://www.moviecitynews.com/reviews/2003/johnny_english.html MCM Review: Johnny English ]," Movie City News, 18 July (retrieved 29 Aug. 2010):
- Consider that the person asking is Mr. Bean, the diminutive, awkward, gravitationally challenged, accident-prone incarnation served up by Rowan Atkinson.
- 2003, Leonard Klady, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20081204040802/http://www.moviecitynews.com/reviews/2003/johnny_english.html MCM Review: Johnny English ]," Movie City News, 18 July (retrieved 29 Aug. 2010):
- (fat) horizontally challenged
- See also Thesaurus:obese.
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