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fatgreatly

Fatgreatly is a neologism that appears in contemporary online discourse and in speculative fiction to describe a dramatic increase in fat content or adipose tissue. It can function as a verb, meaning to cause a rapid or pronounced accumulation of fat, and as an adverb, meaning to an extreme degree with respect to fat. The term is not part of standard dictionaries and has no formal definition in medical or nutritional literature.

Origin and usage: The word blends fat with greatly, adopting a common English construction for verbs. Its

Examples: As a verb: "The engineered diet fatgreatly increased triglyceride synthesis in the yeast strain." As

Contexts and reception: In real-world nutrition science, fatgreatly is considered informal and potentially misleading if treated

See also: lipogenesis, adipogenesis, lipid metabolism, neologism.

earliest
documented
uses
appear
in
microblog
posts
and
fan
fiction
from
the
early
2020s,
where
it
is
used
more
for
emphasis
or
humor
than
as
a
precise
technical
term.
an
adverb:
"The
sauce
fatgreatly
raises
its
fat
content."
In
speculative
fiction,
the
term
can
describe
a
fictional
technology
or
natural
process
that
accelerates
adipogenesis
or
lipid
production.
as
a
scientific
measure.
In
online
culture,
it
functions
as
a
meme
or
rhetorical
device
for
exaggeration
about
food
or
metabolism.
In
fiction,
Fatgreatly
may
denote
a
hypothetical
mechanism
or
artifact
that
controls
fat
generation.