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fat farm
fat farmn. Informal A spa or resort that specializes in weight loss.fat farm n (Medicine) slang a health farm or similar establishment to which people go to lose weight fat′ farm`
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Slang. a sanitarium or a resort that specializes in helping people lose weight. [1965–70] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  fat farm - a health spa that specializes in helping people lose weighthealth club, health spa, spa - a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness |
fat farm
fat farmA slightly derogatory term for a clinic, treatment center, or resort that is aimed at helping people lose weight. My weight ballooned after the inactivity that resulted from my surgery, so I'm heading to the fat farm this summer to try to get it back to normal.See also: farm, fatfat farmA clinic or resort where people go to lose weight, as in She spends all her vacations at a fat farm but it hasn't helped so far. This is a somewhat derisive term for such an establishment. [Colloquial; 1960s] See also: farm, fatfat farmA resort or camp where overweight persons go to lose weight. Considered impolite, the term arose in the second half of the 1900s and with the growing incidence of obesity has become a cliché. The ABC television sitcom The Odd Couple had it in 1971: “If you’re not fat, it’s a health farm; if you’re fat, it’s a fat farm.”See also: farm, fatfat farm
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