# What is "Plump" to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 13, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277 "2001-02-13T06:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/21 "2001-02-14T13:13:22Z")
ANS seems to waver on her weight. I have seen her downright FAT!!! And I have seen her plump. She’s never been a little girl. If Lucy Lawless is plump, them I’m fat. I’m five feet tall, I don’t really know what my measurements are, but I am 117 pounds. I’d like to be 112. If I were any less I’d look anorexic. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/22 "2001-02-14T13:30:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff \* > \*\*I would call Camryn Manheim Large _(not within earshot)_, not so curvaceous, but still sexy. \*\* I wouldn’t worry about offending her. Her [book](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767903633/o/qid=982157362/sr=8-8/107-4347800-6385351) was called _Wake Up, I’m Fat!_. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/23 "2001-02-14T16:45:53Z")
Rubenesque (Did I write that right?)… I have never been plump myself, which I base on squeezing the fat above the hip bone (quite easy to do)… ---
**Author:** ![TKD2DAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TKD2DAN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TKD2DAN)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/24 "2001-02-14T18:17:39Z")
Short,tall, big, small, does it really matter? I quote Billy Crystal “No, we pretty much want to nail them too.” I like the variety in women. I find myself drawn to women with a little extra, but the thin ones catch my eye as well. There are some though, that are just entirely too big to catch my interest. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/25 "2001-02-14T19:58:58Z")
Suddenly I’m hearing the hot dog commercial: “They plump when you cook 'em!” It also makes me think of chickens… I personally don’t like that word. Or stout. Or chubby. I haven’t an alternative to offer, and I don’t have one that I use to describe myself, tho I am a good bit overweight. ---
**Author:** ![Bboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Bboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bboy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/26 "2001-02-15T00:26:12Z")
> [@](#): > > ## quote: > > _Originally posted by Jeff_ > **I would call Camryn Manheim Large (not within earshot), not so curvaceous, but still sexy.** > --------------------------------------------------------------------------huh huh, I quoted you quoting me. > _pldennison responds:_ > **I wouldn’t worry about offending her. Her book was called Wake Up, I’m Fat!.** Yeah, knew that. Its just a courtesy thing…I figure she’s qualified to use whatever term she pleases, I however, will assume that I am not. I’m just quirky that way. If you give me an inch, I’ll take ½ an inch. ---
**Author:** ![Skarecrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Skarecrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skarecrow)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/27 "2001-02-15T06:48:56Z")
I have no idea where my opinion comes from but it’s always what I’ve thought of when I heard the word plump… A body that has extra mass but no folds, flab, or overlaps when standing straight. (everyone has rolls when they sit or bend over.) ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/28 "2001-02-15T09:40:59Z")
Lucy Lawless [plump?](http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8347/maxim2.html) You gotta be kidding me… ---
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/29 "2001-02-15T11:27:54Z")
Roseanne (Barr). To me, that’s plump. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/30 "2001-02-15T11:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > … I’ve also seen slender gals built like a potato, with a butt like a baggie full o’ cottage-cheese. no offense intended, but blecch. - Jeff - - - That is properly called the _$20-crack-whore_ look. Starved thin, but completely out of physcal condition. (some people just don’t get it) - MC ---
**Author:** ![Twentyeight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@Twentyeight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twentyeight)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/31 "2001-02-15T16:13:27Z")
I turned accidentally to a TV program, probably the Roseanne show, where Roseanne was at some ritzy party wearing a low backed gown with mostly a bare midriff. UGH! Way too much skin! Not sexy! Not alluring! 200 pounds of s\*\*t packed into a 20 pound sausage casing. Then again, I don’t like Barr. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/32 "2001-02-16T00:45:57Z")
OneChance wrote: > [@](#): > > Roseanne (Barr). To me, that’s plump. Roseanne is not “plump.” She is “obese.” She is “gargantuan.” She is the woman I **would** kick out of bed for eating crackers – but only because I have an idea as to how **many** crackers she would be eating. She is Fasolt. And Fafnir. Combined. Hell, she’s the whole Yggdrasil. But she is not “plump.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/33 "2001-02-16T02:40:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Commander Fortune \* > \*\*Lucy Lawless [plump?](http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8347/maxim2.html) > > You gotta be kidding me… \*\* I’m with you, CF. Anyone who thinks that “plump” is an adjective that should apply to Lucy Lawless needs either their eyes or their head examined. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/34 "2001-02-16T02:53:13Z")
But I go by the numbers: 20% to 30% bodyfat (give or take a couple %) is plump. 31% to 40% is Ruebenesque, and beyond that, it’s fat. Roseanne is pushing fat, ANS has been everything from plump to fat and back again, MM was never even plump, but _was_ voluptious. I _LIKE_ plump. IMHO, of course… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/35 "2001-02-16T04:08:24Z")
If Lucy Lawless is plump, then I’m a candidate for bariatric bypass surgery. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/36 "2001-02-16T09:56:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Commander Fortune \* > \*\*Lucy Lawless [plump?](http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8347/maxim2.html) > > You gotta be kidding me… \*\* Until just now I didn’t know who Lucy Lawless was. (Okay, so I lead a sheltered life.) So I checked out the good Commander’s link, and… Folks? I see _ribs_ in some of those pictures. If you can see a woman’s ribs when she’s leaning forward like that, she is not plump by any reasonable definition of the word. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/37 "2001-02-16T16:20:30Z")
Peter Paul Rubens The Three Graces [http://museoprado.mcu.es/prado/html/i69a.html](http://museoprado.mcu.es/prado/html/i69a.html) That’s plump. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/38 "2001-02-17T07:10:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Suddenly I’m hearing the hot dog commercial: “They plump when you cook 'em!”…personally don’t like that word. Or stout. Or chubby. I haven’t an alternative to offer… > \*\* I still cherish the memory of hearing the word “succulent” applied. I have been called curvy and soft and yummy…all words I personally like, but then I’m with “Ling”—you may call me food. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/39 "2001-02-17T14:05:40Z")
I’m a big girl and I am a defender of big girls everywhere (hi QuickSilver, long time no see), but 300+ pounds could never be plump. Unless you are eight feel tall, 300+ pounds is obese. Calling someone obese is a terrible insult because of how fat people are treated and thought of in this country. Being morbidly obese is a serious medical problem, it is not a comment on a person’s character and worth --or at least it shouldn’t be. ---
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/40 "2001-02-17T14:27:39Z")
20% body fat on a woman is NOT ANYWHERE NEAR plump!!! 20% is althete-style body! Egads! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277.md?page=3)