infinifat

English

Etymology

Blend of infinite +‎ fat.

Adjective

infinifat (comparative more infinifat, superlative most infinifat)

1. (informal) Extremely obese.
   • 2020, Jennifer Jolie, "Body Positivity as Public Pedagogy?: The Case of the #effyourbeautystandards Movement on Instagram", thesis submitted to Lakehead University, page 54:

     Superfat 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, Crystal Kotow, "Big, Beautiful Affect: Exploring the Emotional Environment of BBW Social Events and Its Relationship to Fat Women's Embodiment", dissertation submitted to York University, page 224:

     For superfat and infinifat people, fatphobic culture is even more traumatizing.

   • 2021, Rhiannon Sian Downey, "The Commodification of Body Positivity: Constructing a Neoliberal Fat Citizenship", paper submitted to Ryerson University, page 40:

     Further, those who are categorized as infinifat face intense institutional sizeism, with size accessibility interfering with every aspect of daily life.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:infinifat.

Noun

infinifat (plural infinifats)

1. (informal) An extremely obese person.
   • 2020, Aubrey Gordon, What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat‎^[1], pages 9–10:

     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, Jennifer Jolie, "Body Positivity as Public Pedagogy?: The Case of the #effyourbeautystandards Movement on Instagram", thesis submitted to Lakehead University, page 12:

     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).

   • 2022, Gianluca Russo, The Power of Plus: Inside Fashion’s Size-Inclusivity Revolution, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN:

     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, Bek J. Orr, “Trans/fat: an autoethnographic exploration of becoming at the intersection of trans and fat”, in Fat Studies, →DOI:

     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.