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"bubbly" girls

something i've noticed

why is it girls that are described as "bubbly" are (very usually) fat?

same goes for "curvy" which is even more usual

so if they lost weight would they stop being "bubbly"? I think so.

Reply 1

Anonymous #1

probably the same reason some guys are always classed as idiots, tend to be complete *****... it gets played down.

Reply 2

Emily-Kate17

yeah bekky from BB described herself as 'bubbly' and look what she looked like!
though she was really bubbly, so maybe her weight was irrelvant?

Reply 3

New...Romantic

16

It's just a nice way of saying it. No one wants to be described as fat, so people say they're curvy or bubbly to give a positive impression. What's your point?

Reply 4

qgujxj39

17

Doesn't bubbly mean "happy" or "laughy"?

Reply 5

Anonymous #2

so curvy means fat then? omg off to the gym i go kmt
beyonce = curvy = not fat!

Reply 6

username156343

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When I mean curvy i dont mean fat, i mean curvy, not fat pouring out of the bottom of a top which 'shows off' your midriff. (sorry, someone in my work today :>.<: )

Reply 7

Metropolis

OP

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New...Romantic

It's just a nice way of saying it. No one wants to be described as fat, so people say they're curvy or bubbly to give a positive impression. What's your point?

to me, it looks worse. it's like they are trying to hide something and making it good instead of accepting their flaw and trying to improve it.

Reply 8

punktopia

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It's called an euphemism.

Reply 9

username156343

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Metropolis

to me, it looks worse. it's like they are trying to hide something and making it good instead of accepting their flaw and trying to improve it.

Totally agree. Its not like a disability where people will walk around it so to speak, if you are fat and you dont like people acknowledging you are fat then who's fault is that!

Reply 10

New...Romantic

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Metropolis

to me, it looks worse. it's like they are trying to hide something and making it good instead of accepting their flaw and trying to improve it.

Well yeah, that tends to be more with 'bubbly' though. Most people who say they're curvy (that I've come across anyway) just have figures. Obviously there are exceptions.

You're being a wee bit harsh though. I know people should get up and exercise and stop eating, but some people (younger women in particular) have low confidence because of it. To some extent i agree that people should just say they're fat, because then they might do something about it, but it would just be nasty in a lot of cases to describe someone in such a horrible way.

Reply 11

Metropolis

OP

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New...Romantic

Well yeah, that tends to be more with 'bubbly' though. Most people who say they're curvy (that I've come across anyway) just have figures. Obviously there are exceptions.

You're being a wee bit harsh though. I know people should get up and exercise and stop eating, but some people (younger women in particular) have low confidence because of it. To some extent i agree that people should just say they're fat, because then they might do something about it, but it would just be nasty in a lot of cases to describe someone in such a horrible way.

the oversized people who refer to themseves as "curvy" give girls who are actually curvy a bad name
a belly doesn't count as a curve

the point i was making was, slimmer/normal girls dont generally refer to themselves as bubbly, its just the big ones. and i can't see a correlation. And i would have thought they would have realised that using the word "bubbly" is a dead-giveaway and would stop using it by now.

Reply 12

New...Romantic

16

Metropolis

the oversized people who refer to themseves as "curvy" give girls who are actually curvy a bad name
a belly doesn't count as a curve

the point i was making was, slimmer/normal girls dont generally refer to themselves as bubbly, its just the big ones. and i can't see a correlation. And i would have thought they would have realised that using the word "bubbly" is a dead-giveaway and would stop using it by now.

Actually I agree. I started off trying to be nice about it cos guys that have a go at fat girls tend to annoy me and I felt the need to stick up for them.

It is just a euphemism though. I haven't heard 'bubbly' in a while though, I thought larger people had caught on. What brought this into your mind?

Reply 13

lucho22

13

In the case of fat 'bubbly' girls, their effervescence is probably some sort of compensation - usually people at both extremes of the spectrum (introversion or extroversion) are making up for some sort of psychological insecurity.

Reply 14

Metropolis

OP

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New...Romantic

Actually I agree. I started off trying to be nice about it cos guys that have a go at fat girls tend to annoy me and I felt the need to stick up for them.

It is just a euphemism though. I haven't heard 'bubbly' in a while though, I thought larger people had caught on. What brought this into your mind?

well my friend was speaking to a girl and she said she was "bubbly" in her description of herself... i said to him "i bet she's fat"
quick check on facebook and whaddya-know... XD

it was becoming too much of a coincidence so i thought id get opinions from the lovely place that is TSR :wink:

Reply 15

New...Romantic

16

Metropolis

well my friend was speaking to a girl and she said she was "bubbly" in her description of herself... i said to him "i bet she's fat"
quick check on facebook and whaddya-know... XD

it was becoming too much of a coincidence so i thought id get opinions from the lovely place that is TSR :wink:

Aww poor girl :p: