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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby

The same way you'd do it using the word small, or short, or tall, or big, or bald, or whatever. If you're using it in a practical way that requires you to use it, it works. It's interchangeable with overweight or plus sized.

"I'm getting so overweight!" where I respond "Well you're a bit fat, but it's not nearly as bad as you think." and everyone is just fine with it. Again, use fat an insult, and it's going to be insulting, use it as a current state of body, and there's nothing wrong with the word. It's generally not great to talk about someone's physical appearance in front of them without them welcoming you into that conversation.

You could also call them fat, and if you realise they're offended by it, say "oh... but I meant it with a ph... homie...?"

Who knows, maybe every person I've ever used the word "fat" in front of is slowly letting the hate build inside them.

Get devils advocate in here and let him be the judge if calling someone fat is ever okay. I will defer to his expertise. But right now you sound like a white guy who wants to say n****. Not that it's equivalent in severity but your logic is the same.