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too fatty

too fatty

1 2.1
Food that has more fat than is healthy
  • adjective
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  • Many fast food items are considered too fatty for a healthy diet.

In my garage in doing some prison yard workout, lifting, nothing, trying not to get too fat.

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Examples

  • Because it's too tall, too short, too fat, too, too hairy, too old, too young, too, too, too short and too fat.

  • But it could be I'm too short, I'm too fat, I'm whatever, you know what I mean?

  • Or a new burger that is too fatty according to Mayor Bloomberg?

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  • Make sure the foods you eat are not too fatty or acidic.

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  • And, you know, I will say things like she's too skinny, she's too fat, her thighs are too big.

  • After analyzing the dishes, the nutritionist concluded that the fried food was too fatty.

  • She decided to avoid greasy snacks because they are often too fatty for her meal plan.

Synonyms

fatty
vstoo fatty
54 2.3

Containing a lot of oil, usually in food

says the fat level exceeds what is healthy or desirable

Antonyms

108 2.5

Thin with little extra fat or money

low-cal
  • Informal
5 3.1

Having fewer calories than usual

How Fatty

greasy
123 1.0
too fatty
1 2.1
fatty
54 2.3
lean
108 2.5

Surface Forms

too fatty positive

Morphology

too + fatty

The meaning 'containing more fat than is desirable or healthy' is directly and compositionally derived from 'too' (exceeding what is suitable) modifying 'fatty' (high in fat). This follows a common, cross-linguistic adjective + degree adverb pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Too fatty paints a simple food picture: fatty shows thick, white or oily fat and too means more than you want, like a slice of meat or pizza swimming in oil. So, it means 'containing more fat than is desirable or healthy'.