land whaleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From land +‎ whale.

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名詞

landwhale (plural landwhales)

1. (slang, derogatory) An obese person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fat person

   • 1985, John J. Burke IV, "One male's opinion" [letter to the editor], The Pointer (University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point), Volume 29, Number 13, 21 November 1985, page 28:

     There is nothing else to hit on here except fat girls so the landwhales just assume that since they have no problem getting dates that it's all right to be fat.

   • 2006 October, “Hearsay”, in Skinnie Magazine, page 24:

     That's less lazy people getting Social Security, or taking jobs that us normal-sized people need. Eat yourself to death, landwhales!

   • 2014, Brock Barrack, Touch Wood‎, iUniverse, published 2010, →ISBN:

     The Captain guy was talking now. Sounded official. Trim build. Looked in good shape for someone in his fifties. From what he could scope out. Interesting. Not all Americans were landwhales by thirty.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:landwhale.
2. (slang) An excessively large motor vehicle.

   That jerk did such a bad job parking his landwhale that it's taking up four parking spaces!

   • 2012, Linda Townsley, The Dream Singer‎, WestBow Press, published 2012, →ISBN:

     "It's getting close to Timmy's bedtime, so we won't stay long. I suppose you heard us arrive. We'll be staying outside tonight in that land whale we drove up in."

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