Question for those who don't fit the 'perfect' woman

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If you're not 'slim' or whatever, what do you prefer to be called? I have a little issue with calling them 'fat', but in another thread people said, they don't care if the girl is 'overweight', but don't like htem fat.

Am I splitting hairs here?

Does the word 'full-figured' cover it all? I think of full-figured as Reubenesque, including fairly large breasts.....

Em well I'm not slim, but I'm not fat, either.

I would generally refer to myself as "curvaceous" or "curvy" if it weren't for the fact that that word has recently been highjacked by the fatties (as well as by the media writing about the fatties), and is not being used in its true sense any more. It is being used as a politically-correct euphemism for "fat." Therefore, I wouldn't want to use that word (curvy) to descibe myself any longer, in case people start visualising something I'm not (fat).

If someone is fat, why can't we just call them fat? It's not an insult - depending on tone of voice and intent, of course - it's just another descriptive trait used to identify somone. Tall, short. Fat, thin. Blonde, brunette. What's the problem?

I like being called "husky".

I like being called by my actual name instead of impersonal labels.

Em, correct me if I'm wrong, but the OP is referring to what overweight ladies should be "called" in the sense of "a descriptive adjective referring to their appearance," not a "replacement for their name."

He's not suggesting we replace people's names with an adjective:

"Hi, Fatty! How's it going?" instead of "Hi, Cassandra! How's it going?"

but rather this scenario:

"Do you know Cassandra?
No, I don't. Which one is she?
She's the one over there, that tall one with the brown hair, who's slightly...em...overweight."

Like it or not, our weight (be it fat or thin) is one of the things people will most remember about us and will use when describing us to other people, along with hair colour and eyes. So I think that what the OP was trying to say was, in this scenario (descriptive adjectives being used to refer to your person) what word would you prefer to be used when describing you?? It's not a "label" or a replacement for your name...just a means of identifying you in a crowd.

In my case, I'd go with "curvy."

i'd still not use weight as a way to describe a woman or man.
what's wrong with 'the woman in the red dress' or 'the brunette'?

if i had too choose i'd also go with curvy.

Big and Beautiful.

I'd prefer to be called "bigger", as in "She's a bigger woman with dark blonde hair".

I'm not going to be like this for long though, because I've changed my eating habits and I am a lot more health-conscious now.