Fatty vs Spiff - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between fatty and spiff

is that fatty is (pejorative|slang) an obese person while spiff is (uncountable) attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.

As an adjective fatty

is containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.

As a verb spiff is

(usually with up ) to make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date).

fatty

English

(quotations et al)

Adjective

(er)

Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.

* 1896 , , (The Island of Doctor Moreau) , .

Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.

* 2002 , , .

That means eating fruits and vegetables and cutting back on fatty foods.

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Like fat; greasy.

* 1849 , (Hippocrates) (Translated by (Francis Bacon)), , Book II, Section 1.

On the sixth, stools black, fatty , viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.

* 1861 , (Charles Dickens), (Great Expectations) ,

which had a greasy and fatty surface like cold broth

(slang) Literally or figuratively large.

* 2007 , getting rid of weed smell tips

Be careful of the taxi drivers out there though, I've heard they sell you drugs, drop you off at your hotel and then dob you in to the Thai Police to get a fatty reward!

* 2007 , A. Bryant, Disappointment to Say the Least

Instead of going my normal route (ordering the book through the store, checking it out in person, and then ordering it online so I could get a fatty discount) I impulsively bought the book.

* 2007 , Rimma [http://comments.deviantart.com/4/718221/456809541]

I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now.

Derived terms

* fatty acid

Noun

(fatties)

(pejorative, slang) An obese person.

It's hardly surprising, when it has to support that enormous gut! Lose some weight, fatty !

Synonyms

* See also

Alternative forms

* fattie

spiff

English

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner

:Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.

(countable, dated) A well-dressed man

(countable, sales jargon) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.

(countable, colloquial, Jamaica) a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette; a joint

*2000 , Leone Ross, Tasting Songs'', in ''Dark Matter (ed. Sheree R. Thomas), p76

She rolled a spiff for us as she spoke, sifting the ganja between her fingers...

*2004 , Sander L. Gilman, Xun Zhou, Smoke: A Global History of Smoking , p144

...someone else built a spiff which he lit and gave to me...

Verb

(en verb)

(usually with up ) to make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)

:Our productivity would surely increase if we'd just spiff up this office a bit.

to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.

to throw.

:I spiffed the turf over the edge and it went straight through the window and hit the officer.

Synonyms

*spruce (as in spruce up)

Derived terms

*spiff up *spiffy