Synonyms for ‘Fat’ that aren’t Cringeworthy…?

With a well proportioned upper storey!

I am fat.

My mother used to tell of getting a new fitted coat ( she described it as * politically VERY incorrect * brown) when she was about 15, and her mum’s pal said to granny, ‘ My, Sarah, she’s a braw, braw lassie’ My mother’s joy was shortlived when she followed it up with, ‘ She’s just hingin’ in fat’.

Pudgy is quite nice or what about amply covered.

My mum was always overweight. My dad referred to her as bonny. Much nicer than fat.

Well upholstered…
I do feel like a rather comfortable small sofa, actually .
In a flock fabric.
One with antimacassars, fringing, and little gold feet

Wasn’t Mma Ramotswe in the No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency ‘traditionally built’? I remember that in one of the books (you can see how highbrow some of my reading is) a gentleman complimented her by saying how fat she was looking. Perhaps moving to Botswana is easier than dieting. I’ll think about it.

Thinking of old-fashioned terms, do you remember ‘buxom’ (having a full figure and large breasts) or even worse ‘dumpy’ (short and stout)?
A friend of mine liked her husband to refer to her as ‘voluptuous’ as it suggested she was curvaceous and sexually attractive.

Grandmabatty

I think that society is conditioned to think skinny/slim is the best way to look. It isn't helped by cadaverous models and actresses. Therefore the words associated with being rounder usually have negative connotations. I know about health benefits in being slim etc but that doesn't help women who aren't slim and who don't have a positive self image.

I totally agree, GB.

I used to be a size ten and now due to my comorbidities, medications and mobility, I am FAT.
However, even at a size ten, I had a generous bust and my doctor friend told me years later, that at university, I was described as the 8th engineering wonder of the world. My friends could never work out, why I didn't fall over!

I was once described as well rounded.

I loved the number 1 ladies detective agency, and the traditionally built woman.

How about well upholstered?!!

I used to have a Garfield t-shirt which said 'I'm not overweight, I'm under tall' which pretty much sums me up!

So far for me the winners are - plump and voluptuous. They conjure up good images for me.

I'm just fat. It's just an adjective.

Voluptuous for me. Plump makes me think of elasticated, polyester, floral skirts, worn to accomodate the plumpness. .

I dislike the word “skinny” as well.
It’s a minefield though, when aiming to be careful how we phrase something in order to avoid offending - and this covers many other things as well as weight.
The fact remains there are people who are underweight, slim or overweight, but it’s how we say it without causing offence which is so hard.

A colleague, originally from Zimbabwe told me "Oh, how lovely to see you again, and look how big and fat you've got!"

Voluptuous-entitled to wear whatever makes you feel good.
Traditionally built-I like that.

I was once described as the 'wee stout lassie'...

I agree with voluptuous but not plump sodapop.
Another word I haven’t heard for quite some time is ‘ample’.
I wonder if women pay more attention to those who have figures like Twiggy and men to those Rubens painted, or should I keep this one to myself?
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Embonpoint doesn’t purely refer to the bosom, though it’s usually used for that nowadays. It originally meant plump and attractive, I think it still should

henetha

We don't hear much of the word 'plump' these days, do we.

Plump was the word my friend used to use.

Bonny was a word people used when I was growing up and my friend’s mother used to say somebody ‘looked well’ if they had put on weight.

I don’t particularly like Rubenesque as the women he painted looked very flabby, and a strange colour (a bit grey).
Degasesque is better. He painted nicely rounded, voluptuous women
Ditto Renoir.

Big boned ? ?