fatfluencer

English

Alternative forms

• fat-fluencer

Etymology

Blend of fat +‎ influencer or fatness +‎ influencer, modelled after fitfluencer.

Noun

fatfluencer (plural fatfluencers)

1. (social media, neologism) An influencer who primarily creates content related to the acceptance of being overweight.

   Antonym: fitfluencer

   • 2019 May 5, Helen Chandler-Wilde, “As another study points to the dangers of obesity, is the game finally up for ’’’’fat-fluencers’’’’?”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎^[1], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-02:

     Another so-called 'fat-fluencer', 34-year-old Leanda Lewis, posts pictures of herself in plus-size fashion on Instagram with the username just_eat_the_doughnut. […] Yet with their raucous trumpeting of anti-body shaming slogans […] , fat-fluencers have tapped into a rising societal awareness of the importance of mental health in overall wellbeing.

   • 2023 June 28, Alley Einstein, “I'm a fat-fluencer and love going shopping in my micro-bikini… people call me an obesity time bomb but I don't care”, in The Sun‎^[2], London: News Group Newspapers Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:

     Adele, from Nottingham, tells The Sun: "People call me an obesity time bomb, but I don't care. ¶ "Forget fit-fluencers, I'm a fat-fluencer - I am promoting body positivity. […] "I am showing the world what a real body looks like, free of filters and make-up."

   • 2023 August 1, Lydia Hawken, “I’m Britain’s most successful fat-fluencer and I’ve earned £30,000 online - haters call me a beached whale but I know I’m healthy”, in Daily Mail‎^[3], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-11:

     Megan Goldberger, 26, from Cardiff, who boasts 235,000 followers on TikTok and a further 15,600 on Instagram, claims to be the UK's top 'fat-fluencer'.

   • 2023 August 2, Nana Akua, “NANA AKUA: Too fat for life insurance? You’ve no one to blame but yourself... Though the ’body positivity’ movement tells us obesity is okay, as a fitness trainer I know how dangerous it is”, in Daily Mail‎^[4], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-03:

     No doubt many of these 'fat-fluencers', as they call themselves, are up in arms at Vitality's decision to ban Edmund.