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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
infinifat en · ADJ
Etymology
Blend of infinite + fat.
Meanings
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(informal) Extremely obese.
For superfat and infinifat people, fatphobic culture is even more traumatizing.
2020 August 14, Crystal Kotow, “Big, Beautiful Affect: Exploring the Emotional Environment of BBW Social Events and Its Relationship to Fat Women's Embodiment”, in York University, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2024, page 224:Further, those who are categorized as infinifat face intense institutional sizeism, with size accessibility interfering with every aspect of daily life.
2021, Rhiannon Sian Downey, "The Commodification of Body Positivity: Constructing a Neoliberal Fat Citizenship", paper submitted to Ryerson University, page 40Superfat and infinifat women live in bodies that, even in a somewhat fat-positive environment, do not perform fatness in the “right way” either because they are perceived as too large altogether or their shape does not conform to the hourglass or pear ideal of a large and perky bust, small tummy and waist, and thick thighs and bottom.
2020 December 14, Jennifer Jolie, “Body Positivity as Public Pedagogy?: The Case of the #effyourbeautystandards Movement on Instagram”, in Lakehead University, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2021, page 54:
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infinifat en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of infinite + fat.
Meanings
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(informal) An extremely obese person.
Because they can be a lot to remember, throughout this book I use "smaller fat people" to refer to small and mid-fats and "very fat people" or "larger fat people" to refer to superfats and infinifats.
2020, Aubrey Gordon, What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, pages 9–10:To lose 40 pounds is no small feat, especially when one is working to achieve a healthy, neutral relationship to one’s body, but for fat people on the other end of the fat spectrum, “super-fats” and “infinifats,” gender affirming surgery might be out of the question entirely.
2022, Bek J. Orr, “Trans/fat: an autoethnographic exploration of becoming at the intersection of trans and fat”, in Fat Studies, →DOI:Indeed, it is important to consider here that there are a wide variety of fat bodies, many of whom are excluded from body positivity conversations, namely transgender women and “super fats” or “infinifats” (sizes 26+, which I will discuss more fully in my literature review).
2020 December 14, Jennifer Jolie, “Body Positivity as Public Pedagogy?: The Case of the #effyourbeautystandards Movement on Instagram”, in Lakehead University, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2021, page 12:As images and videos circled social media in the days following the event, some spoke out in anger that so many from within the community—particularly top industry names—publicly supported a brand that left out super- and infinifats (though the attendees did reflect a wide spectrum of bodies).
2022, Gianluca Russo, The Power of Plus: Inside Fashion’s Size-Inclusivity Revolution, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN:
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