fatbergとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From fat +‎ berg, modelled on iceberg. By surface analysis, fat +‎ -berg.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfætbɜːɡ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈfætbɝɡ/
• ハイフネーション: fat‧berg

名詞

fatberg (plural fatbergs)

1. A large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers. [From the late 2000s.]
   • 2009, Carlos J. Cortes, “The Prisoner”, in The Prisoner, New York, N.Y.: Spectra; Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 162:

     Months ago a tunnel was clogged with a fatberg. It took a team of workers a month to move it.

   • 2013, Russ Litten, Swear Down‎, London: Tindal Street Press, →ISBN:

     Bleeding big fatberg up there. About half a ton's worth. [...] Gorman feels an involuntary shudder travel down his spine and agitate his stomach. He's seen those fatbergs on the training videos; huge accumulated walls of solidified grease and food and tissue and excrement, the churned result of everyday debris tipped down the domestic sinks and bathtubs and toilets of London.

   • 2014, Adam Roberts, “Anne”, in Bête, London: Gollancz, →ISBN:

     Then I worked in the sewers of Manchester – a six month stint of that, jabbing pressure-water-poles at fatbergs, tonnes of used kebab grease and congealed sump oil, woven together with thousands of used wet wipes.

   • 2017 November 3, “‘Victory declared’ over 130 tonne Whitechapel fatberg”, in BBC News‎, archived from the original on 18 March 2018:

     A 250-metre long fatberg weighing 130 tonnes which was blocking an east London sewer has been cleared after a nine-week "battle". The solid mass of congealed fat, wet wipes, nappies, oil and condoms was found in the Victorian-era tunnel in Whitechapel in September. Thames Water said it had taken longer to clear than expected because of the damage it caused to the sewer.

   • 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian‎:

     Thames Water has become the latest object lesson in the predictable and predicted folly of privatised monopolies, aided by a regulator that’s an even bigger wet wipe than the fatbergs bunging up the sewers.

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Further reading

• fatberg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia