WyldHrt -> RE: Is the term BBW annoying? (3/15/2011 5:31:52 PM)
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I disagree, if fat is fine then fattie as short for fat person should be fine too. Then again, round here people've even objected to me using 'subbie' (short for submissive donchaknow). Actually, 'sub' is short for submissive. Using 'subbie' is making extra effort to use a diminutive which is often seen as condescending, particularly if it is directed at people who do not know and like you. That said, while I do not mind being called fat (I'm 5'9" and a bit under 200lbs, so 'big' would also be accurate), 'fatty' bugs me for a couple of reasons. First off, the diminutive makes it sound condescending and very much like a grammar school insult. Secondly, removing 'person', 'man', or 'woman' turns the fat part from an adjective into a noun, which comes across as an attempt to marginalize the person or persons being referred to by defining them according to a single trait. I find that many of the people who use terms like 'fatty' wouldn't even think of walking up to a bald person that they didn't know very well and saying, "Hey, baldy, how ya doin'?" For that matter most won't call someone 'fatty' to their face either. If the term is so OK to use and not intended as an insult, I wonder why that is... Moving on to the OP's question, I do not use the term BBW as I do not care for it. My height and weight are listed on my profile and I have pics up, and people that I meet in real can tell by looking (outside) and/or getting to know me (inside). Personally, I know that I fuckin rock, and that is what matters. If someone disagrees, cool. We are obviously not compatible. As for others, I don't really care one way or another. If it really bothers someone then the term has done its job, weeding them out as a potential partner.
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