# What is "Plump" to you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277>\
**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:** 4\
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**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 17, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/41 "2001-02-17T19:12:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Cyndar \*  
> \*\*20% body fat on a woman is NOT ANYWHERE NEAR plump!!! 20% is althete-style body! Egads! \*\*

Hey it’s a range-type thing, and with models and female athletes hanging out in the mid-teens, BF%-wise, as a bottom-line, I don’t think I’m too far outta line. OK, maybe a little. Will you accept 25-35, 36-40, 40+?

Anyway, this is an IMHO thread, so there! Pthbbbbt…! 😛

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**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/42 "2001-02-17T23:19:38Z")

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I’m with biggirl. (And try living when your weight is a comment on your worth to you own parents. _sigh_)

And just a random comment that this thread has now THROUGHLY depressed me.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/43 "2001-02-17T23:39:56Z")

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It’s depressed me too ☹

According to medical terminology, I’m obese.

I used to be thin. Like see-my-ribs thin.

Plump to me brings up images of “plumper” adult websites, which typically contain images of women who weigh 400lbs and over… (I run an adult webring, I visit these sites because I have to validate them)

I typically refer to myself as “fat”

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**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-plump-to-you/54277/44 "2001-02-18T05:26:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OpalCat \*  
> \*\*It’s depressed me too ☹
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> According to medical terminology, I’m obese. …\*\*

My sympathy to you and **Falcon**. I, too, am obese by medical terminology, but have always thought of myself as simply “overweight” (whatever euphemism soothes ya).  
However, I’ve found this thread encouraging. You see, I’ve stayed between 30% & 35% just about all my adult life. I’m tall, and it’s fairly well proportioned, especially for an “old lady” like I must now admit to being, but I will henceforth gleefully refer to myself as “plump” and refer the doubters to the SDMB. 😃

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