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Weight Watcher orig. U.S.
Also weight-watcher.
[weight n.1: see watch v. 12 d.]
1. pl. A proprietary name used esp. for (members of) an organization, Weight Watchers International Inc., formed to promote dietary control as a means of slimming, or any of its associated clubs. Occas. in sing.
1961Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 28 Feb. tm 130/2 The Low Calorie Candy Co., Inc... Filed Mar. 14, 1960. Weight Watcher. For dessert and pie mixes sold in combination packages... First use Feb. 1, 1960. 1964N.Y. Herald Tribune 1 Nov. ii 4/3 Weight Watchers is an Alcoholics Anonymous for compulsive eaters. Ibid. (caption) Novice Weight Watchers line up for the first session of a new group. 1966J. Nidetch (title) The Weight Watchers Cookbook. 1966Sunday Tel. 28 Aug. 2/4 A Long Island housewife has successfully tackled the American problem of compulsive eating with her movement Weight Watchers Incorporated, which now has hundreds of thousands of members in 15 States. 1967Business Week 4 Mar. 106/3 They..transplant the Weight Watcher idea..under a system of franchises. 1967Trade Marks Jrnl. 25 Oct. 1628/2 Weight Watchers... Books, printed publications, stationery, diaries, printed matter and pocket portfolios..all containing data pertaining to dieting and weight control. Weight Watchers International Inc. 1967Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 5 Sept. tm 21/2 I. B. Kleinert Rubber Company, New York... Weight Watcher. For girdles. 1968Ibid. 16 Jan. tm 133/1 Weight Watchers International, Inc... Filed Sept. 26, 1967. Weight Watchers... For indicating membership in the applicant association. 1968Ibid. 18 June tm 146/1 Weight Watchers. For planning, executing and supervising diet programs by means of group meetings, courses [etc.]... First use May 15, 1963. 1972J. Anderson in Clin. Endocrinol. (1973) 80 Group therapy should not be derided and is probably one of the main reasons for the apparent success of ‘Weight-Watchers’ clubs. 1977P. Hill Liars xi. 144 You should join Weightwatchers... They'd slim you down in no time. 1978Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 12/5 Mr. Arthur spoke of the health campaign in arranging a ‘fun and jog’ for all ages, involving the local Weight Watchers, Keep Fit Classes. 1984S. Moody Penny Dreadful xi. 144 Half the world starved while the other half joined Weight Watchers.
2. (With small initials.) A person who tries to lose weight, esp. by dieting; one who is weight-conscious.
1966Family Circle Jan. (recto front cover), Meal plans for weight-watchers. 1968Sunday Times 10 Nov. 35 Italians are not exactly the keenest weight-watchers in the world and hardly let a day go by without forking into the pasta. 1970Guardian 6 June 12/5 What the intelligent weight watcher needs is a diet which keeps her fit. 1971New Scientist 4 Feb. 231/3 The hint to weight-watchers is obvious: keep food out of sight, and it should stay out of mind. 1983Daily Tel., 9 Feb. 17/4 The old message that it was good for weight watchers to eat a slice of cheese on a cream cracker has gone out of the window.
Hence ˈweight-watching ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 29/2 (Advt.), Luncheon here is to be recommended..and for the weight watching girls..there are tempting light suggestions. 1978Dumfries Courier 20 Oct. 28/3 Martin..decided that dieting or weight-watching were not for him. 1982W. J. Burley Wycliffe's Wild-Goose Chase iv. 66 ‘Beef casserole with boiled potatoes and carrots.’ Good! But not for weight watching. |