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That word involves speaking in opposites, which isn't what the scale was doing.
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Overweight people can be very self-conscious. It's understandable because we tend to associate [[FatBastard many negative traits and behaviors with obesity]]. Thus, overweight people tend to come up with any excuse they can to avoid the stigma of [[YouAreFat being labeled as such]]. It isn't that they are fat, they are just big-boned. Or maybe it's just baby fat. Maybe they have a gland disorder, a slow metabolism, or they're retaining water, or they're bloated from an allergic reaction. It has nothing to do with lack of exercise or the [[NutritionalNightmare triple cheeseburger, bacon chili fries, and chocolate-covered strawberries]] that they [[BigEater just ate]].
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Overweight people can be very self-conscious. It's understandable because we tend to associate [[FatBastard many negative traits and behaviors with obesity]]. Thus, overweight people tend to come up with any excuse they can to avoid the stigma of [[YouAreFat being labeled as such]]. It isn't that they are fat, they are just big-boned. Or maybe it's just baby fat. Maybe they have a gland disorder, a slow metabolism, or they're retaining water, or they're bloated from [[PlotAllergy an allergic reaction. reaction]]. If they're a child, maybe it's a growth spurt. It has nothing to do with [[LazyBum lack of exercise exercise]] or the [[NutritionalNightmare triple cheeseburger, bacon chili fries, and chocolate-covered strawberries]] that they [[BigEater just ate]].
ate]]. They might also insist on being called something like "chubby" or "plump", despite [[DistinctionWithoutADifference them meaning the same thing as fat]].
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A form of InsistentTerminology. See also DoesThisMakeMeLookFat, HollywoodPudgy, and FatAndProud. Not to be confused with another kind of [[GagPenis bone.]]
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A form of InsistentTerminology. See also DoesThisMakeMeLookFat, HollywoodPudgy, and FatAndProud. Not to be confused with another kind of [[GagPenis bone.]]
]] Contrast FluffyNotFat for when they really ''aren't'' fat; they just look that way due to fur or feathers.
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* Referenced in an anti-obesity poster which depicts a fat young boy and the caption "Big bones didn't make him this way; big meals did."
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* Referenced in an anti-obesity poster which depicts a fat young boy and the caption "Big bones didn't make him this way; big meals did."
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* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'': In the sequel, when someone mistakes Boog (a grizzly bear) for being 1,200 pounds when he's actually 900 pounds, he claims that he looks heavier because of his fur and is bulking up to hibernate.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' has a version where the excuse is for someone ''else'' -- whenever someone calls Polly, the pirates' pet bird, fat, they say that she's "just big-boned". As it turns out, however, she's neither big-boned nor fat -- she's [[MistakenSpeciesAdoption not]] a [[PirateParrot parrot]] but a dodo.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' has a version where the excuse is for someone ''else'' -- whenever someone calls Polly, the pirates' pet bird, fat, they say that she's "just big-boned". As it turns out, however, she's neither big-boned nor fat -- she's [[MistakenSpeciesAdoption not]] a [[PirateParrot parrot]] but a dodo.
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** Hagrid, who is described as being twice as tall as a normal man and five times as broad, admits to being a half-giant and asks the similarly-built Madame Maxime about her own ancestry. Madame Maxime is very offended and claims to just have big bones. Harry and Ron don't buy it for a second:
-->'''Harry:''' I don't know what Madame Maxime thinks she's playing at. "Big bones", the only thing with bigger bones than her is a dinosaur.
-->'''Harry:''' I don't know what Madame Maxime thinks she's playing at. "Big bones", the only thing with bigger bones than her is a dinosaur.
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** Hagrid, who is described as being twice as tall as a normal man and five times as broad, admits to being a half-giant [[HalfHumanHybrid half-giant]] and asks the similarly-built Madame Maxime about her own ancestry. Madame Maxime is very offended and claims to just have big bones. Harry and Ron don't buy it for a second:
-->'''Harry:''' --->'''Harry:''' I don't know what Madame Maxime thinks she's playing at. "Big bones", the only thing with bigger bones than her is a dinosaur.
* ''Literature/MorrisTheMoose'': In one book, when Morris is telling Boris ''Literature/{{Goldilocks}}'' and adds him into the story, but refers to him as "a big, fat bear", Boris says, "A what?! I am ''not'' fat! [[LessEmbarrassingTerm Call me chubby]]!" This backfires on him when Morris makes Mama Bear serve Boris a little bowl of porridge despite being an adult, so that he doesn't get fat.
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* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': Barney gets stuck in the swing set. After the kids help him out, he says, "I'm not fat, I just have big bones." Being a dinosaur, however, that could very well be the case.
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* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': Barney gets [[HelpImStuck stuck in the swing set.set]]. After the kids help him out, he says, "I'm not fat, I just have big bones." Being a dinosaur, however, that could very well be the case.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'': In one "Abby's Flying Fairy School" skit, when Blogg doesn't fit into a shoe, he claims he's big-boned and might be retaining water.
* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'': A variation, in that the excuse was for someone else, and Book wasn't truly embarrassed; he was feigning embarrassment as part of flirting with Burnham -- when she says his cat is "large", he claims that she has a thyroid condition. In reality, she is a Maine Coon -- a naturally large breed; meaning she really ''is'' big-boned.
* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'': A variation, in that the excuse was for someone else, and Book wasn't truly embarrassed; he was feigning embarrassment as part of flirting with Burnham -- when she says his cat is "large", he claims that she has a thyroid condition. In reality, she is a Maine Coon -- a naturally large breed; meaning she really ''is'' big-boned.
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* In "Angry Birds Rap", a fat bird claims his metabolism is fast.[[note]]ArtisticLicenseBiology -- a fast metabolism makes you ''skinny''; a ''slow'' metabolism makes you fat.[[/note]]
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* In "Angry Birds Rap", a fat bird claims his metabolism is fast.[[note]]ArtisticLicenseBiology -- a fast metabolism makes you ''skinny''; a ''slow'' metabolism makes you fat.[[/note]]
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': The title character does it sometimes, a few with the trope name (the page image is the response from his sarcastic bathroom scale).
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': The title character does it sometimes, a few with the trope name (the page image is the response from his sarcastic [[SnarkyInanimateObject sassy bathroom scale).scale]]).
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** When Amy's parents call Kif scrawny, Amy says he's just "small-boned". Kif notes that he actually has no bones.
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** Inverted -- When Amy's parents call Kif scrawny, Amy says he's just "small-boned". Kif notes that he actually has no bones.
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** Pregnant women frequently retain water, especially in the feet and legs.
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** Pregnant women frequently retain water, especially in the feet and legs. In addition, the baby bump might make the woman look fat.
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* Some medications and medical disorders also affect appetite by making people "feel hungry" more often. This ''does not'' cause weight gain in and of itself, but as a result of increased feelings of hunger, many people suffering from increased appetite end up overeating because they don't monitor their food intake.
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* Some medications and medical disorders also affect appetite by making people "feel hungry" more often. This ''does not'' cause weight gain in and of itself, but as a result of increased feelings of hunger, many people suffering from increased appetite end up overeating because they don't monitor their food intake. SleepDeprivation can also cause people to feel hungry when they're not.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Knock gets in a petty argument with her cousin Sette in which Sette accuses her of being fat while Knock tries to claim it's all muscle. In this case, even though Knock is very muscular and a little chubby, she probably actually has big bones as she's a glut user. Glut is a strange drug which warps people's skeletal and muscular structure.
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* ''WebComic/PrincessPrincess'': Sadie claims this, but one insult which digs deep is calling her fat, showing that she's not secure in her own big-boned claim.
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* ''WebComic/PrincessPrincess'': ''WebComic/PrincessPrincess2012'': Sadie claims this, but one insult which digs deep is calling her fat, showing that she's not secure in her own big-boned claim.
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* "Series/SaluteYourShorts": Inverted; Sponge claims that, rather than being little, he just has "short bones."
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* ''Literature/BadNewsBallet'': [=McGee=]'s mother politely describes Gwen Hays as "plump", but [=McGee=] doesn't buy it, thinking she's just fat. She's more nice about it when they actually become friends.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': A variation. Grim isn't thin. He's "delicately boned".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': A variation. Grim [[DemBones Grim]] isn't thin. He's "delicately boned".
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* ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' (1988): Mr. Pinky, owner of the plus-size boutique, uses all sorts of euphemisms. He also inverts the trope, using "Fatty fatty, two by four, can't fit through the dressing room door?" in his advertising.
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* ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' ''Film/{{Hairspray|1988}}'' (1988): Mr. Pinky, owner of the plus-size boutique, uses all sorts of euphemisms. He also inverts the trope, using "Fatty fatty, two by four, can't fit through the dressing room door?" in his advertising.
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Overweight people can be very self-conscious. It's understandable, because we tend to associate [[FatBastard many negative traits and behaviors with obesity]]. Thus, overweight people tend to come up with any excuse they can to avoid the stigma of [[YouAreFat being labeled as such]]. It isn't that they are fat, they are just big-boned. Or maybe it's just baby fat. Maybe they have a gland disorder, a slow metabolism, or they're retaining water, or they're bloated from an allergic reaction. It has nothing to do with lack of exercise, or the [[NutritionalNightmare triple cheeseburger, bacon chili fries, and chocolate-covered strawberries]] that they [[BigEater just ate]].
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Overweight people can be very self-conscious. It's understandable, understandable because we tend to associate [[FatBastard many negative traits and behaviors with obesity]]. Thus, overweight people tend to come up with any excuse they can to avoid the stigma of [[YouAreFat being labeled as such]]. It isn't that they are fat, they are just big-boned. Or maybe it's just baby fat. Maybe they have a gland disorder, a slow metabolism, or they're retaining water, or they're bloated from an allergic reaction. It has nothing to do with lack of exercise, exercise or the [[NutritionalNightmare triple cheeseburger, bacon chili fries, and chocolate-covered strawberries]] that they [[BigEater just ate]].
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* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' ''5: Xtreme Legends'': Meng Huo meeting Xu Zhu on the battlefield of the Legend Mode stage, Struggle for Nan Zhong:
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* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' ''5: ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 5: Xtreme Legends'': Meng Huo meeting Xu Zhu on the battlefield of the Legend Mode stage, Struggle for Nan Zhong:
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* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': In the DistantPrologue, Michael, who happens to be somewhat on the chubby side, starts moping after getting fired and his complaints about everything currently wrong in his life include being fat. Signe, who's trying to cheer him up, invokes this trope by telling Michael that he looks "genuinely big boned" to her.
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* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': In the DistantPrologue, Michael, who happens to be somewhat on the chubby side, starts moping after getting fired and his complaints about everything currently wrong in his life include being fat. Signe, who's trying to cheer him up, invokes this trope by telling Michael that he looks "genuinely big boned" big-boned" to her.
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-->'''Snake:''' Give me my car, fatty!
-->'''Homer:''' What? This is my car! And I'm not fat, it's glandular!
-->'''Homer:''' What? This is my car! And I'm not fat, it's glandular!
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'': When the [=McDonaldland=] gang find their way into the middle ages in "Have Time, Will Travel", the royal chef wants to bake Birdie into a pie after King Murray's knights bring her to the kitchen and points out how good and plump Birdie is. Birdie objects that he's only pointing at her problem area.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'': When the [=McDonaldland=] gang find their way into the middle ages in "Have Time, Will Travel", the royal chef wants to bake Birdie into a pie after King Murray's knights bring her to the kitchen and points point out how good and plump Birdie is. Birdie objects that he's only pointing at her problem area.
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-->'''Manny:''' I'm not fat, it's all that fur. It makes me look poofy!
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-->'''Manny:''' I'm not fat, it's all that this fur. It makes me look poofy!
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* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Al Bundy's mother-in-law isn't fat. She's "retaining water". Al replied the Hoover Dam was retaining water.
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* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Al Bundy's mother-in-law isn't fat. She's "retaining water". Al replied the Hoover Dam was retaining water.water, she's retaining Skittles.
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* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': Justified version during the final battle in the first fic. While Wind Breaker (a griffon) is trying to support Vix-Lei (a minotaur) as she gets back on her feet, he comments on how heavy she is. She tells him, truthfully, that she weighs more because of how dense her species' bones and muscles are.
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* Manny the Mammoth from ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' regulary insists that he's not fat and that he just looks overweight thanks to his fur.
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* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'': Manny the Mammoth from ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' regulary regularly insists that he's not fat and that he just looks overweight thanks to his fur.
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-->''Yeah, your arse bone is a helluva size and your belly bone - bloody hell!''
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-->''Yeah, your arse bone is a helluva size and your belly bone - -- bloody hell!''
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* The ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "24 Hours To Live", Helga calls Harold "Blimpo", only for Harold to answer; "Hey, don't call me "Blimpo"! I have a gland problem."
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* The ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In the episode "24 Hours To Live", Helga calls Harold "Blimpo", only for Harold to answer; "Hey, don't call me "Blimpo"! I have a gland problem."
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* Pumbaa from ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', in the episode "Gabon With The Wind", takes offence to Timon calling him plump to the Cheetah Brothers; "Plump?! I'm just big-boned."
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* Pumbaa from ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', in ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'': In the episode "Gabon With The Wind", Pumbaa takes offence to Timon calling him plump to the Cheetah Brothers; "Plump?! I'm just big-boned."
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* Creator/GabrielIglesias' RunningGag is that he isn't ''fat'', he's ''fluffy''. Since then, he's been known as "Fluffy" or "Fluffy Guy", and the gag even lent the title to his second DVD special, ''I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy''. He's even devised his own scale of "fatness", which currently is divided into six levels (five before the aforementioned special): Big, Healthy, Husky, Fluffy, DAMN!, and "'''[[SerialEscalation OH,]] ''[[SerialEscalation HELL]]'' [[SerialEscalation NO!]]'''"
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* Creator/GabrielIglesias' RunningGag is that he isn't ''fat'', he's ''fluffy''. Since then, he's been known as "Fluffy" or "Fluffy Guy", and the gag even lent the title to his second DVD special, ''I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy''. He's even devised his own scale of "fatness", which currently is divided into six levels (five before the aforementioned special): Big, Healthy, Husky, Fluffy, DAMN!, and "'''[[SerialEscalation OH,]] ''[[SerialEscalation HELL]]'' HELL,]]'' [[SerialEscalation NO!]]'''"
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* Creator/GabrielIglesias' RunningGag is that he isn't ''fat'', he's ''fluffy''. Since then, he's been known as "Fluffy" or "Fluffy Guy", and the gag even lent the title to his second DVD special, ''I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy''. He's even devised his own scale of "fatness", which currently is divided into six levels (five before the aforementioned special): Big, Healthy, Husky, Fluffy, DAMN!, and "'''[[SerialEscalation OH, HELL NO!]]'''"
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* Creator/GabrielIglesias' RunningGag is that he isn't ''fat'', he's ''fluffy''. Since then, he's been known as "Fluffy" or "Fluffy Guy", and the gag even lent the title to his second DVD special, ''I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy''. He's even devised his own scale of "fatness", which currently is divided into six levels (five before the aforementioned special): Big, Healthy, Husky, Fluffy, DAMN!, and "'''[[SerialEscalation OH, HELL OH,]] ''[[SerialEscalation HELL]]'' [[SerialEscalation NO!]]'''"
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* ''ComicBook/ScareTactics'': Grossout's [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] kept insisting that he was just "big for his age".
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* ''ComicBook/ScareTactics'': ''ComicBook/ScareTacticsDCComics'': Grossout's [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] kept insisting that he was just "big for his age".
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* Manny the Mammoth from ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' insists that he's not fat and it's thanks to his fur.
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* Manny the Mammoth from ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' regulary insists that he's not fat and it's that he just looks overweight thanks to his fur.
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* Manny the Mammoth from ''WestwrnAnimation/IceAge'' insists that he's not fat and it's thanks to his fur.
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* Manny the Mammoth from ''WestwrnAnimation/IceAge'' ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' insists that he's not fat and it's thanks to his fur.
