Talk:overnourished

overnourished

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"Overweight." Certainly a possible result of overnourishment, but a separate sense? Equinox ◑ 15:57, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

It seems to me a euphemism, like overweight, for fat#Adjective. DCDuring TALK 18:59, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I guess the thing to do is find cites where it clearly is being used as a euphemism for fat and not in its basic medical meaning, which is "suffering from overnutrition" and is covered by sense 1. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 21:21, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

OED cites the Philippine Daily Inquirer (15 March 2000), page 9: "Policemen who've grown uhhh, overnourished, by helping themselves to free meals at the expense of hapless carinderia owners." Smuconlaw (talk) 07:09, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

That suggests that it's worth hunting for more. DCDuring TALK 12:18, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

This search found seven apparently applicable uses, from which I have selected and formatted two, below:

The following doesn't support the euphemism tag, but supports the definition:

DCDuring TALK 12:33, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Passed. — SMUconlaw (talk) 22:23, 27 July 2016 (UTC)