# Are sweatpants considered "sloppy" when worn in public?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sweatpants-considered-sloppy-when-worn-in-public/539203 "2010-05-12T18:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sweatpants-considered-sloppy-when-worn-in-public/539203/132 "2010-05-15T01:42:57Z")

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> [@lindsaybluth](#):
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> Holy blazes, I hope the man’s at home during the day running circles around the apartment complex. He’s not overweight - he’s almost morbidly obese.
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> Which I guess means he’s okay to wear sweatpants - like **Push You Down** indicated is acceptable for these people.

Young **lindsay** , it would appear you haven’t read my SDMB to Everyone-Else-in-the-Universe translation dictionary. “5’6” 235 lbs" in SDMB means “a bit overweight.” In Everyone-Else, it means “very seriously obese.”

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