Skinny vs. Zaftig — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Skinny and Zaftig
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Skinny
Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin.
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Zaftig
Having a full, shapely figure. Used of a woman.
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Skinny
(informal) thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
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Zaftig
Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.
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Skinny
Having reduced fat or calories.
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Zaftig
Euphemisms for slightly fat;
A generation ago...buxom actresses were popular
Chubby babies
Pleasingly plump
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Skinny
Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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Skinny
(of clothing) tight-fitting
Skinny jeans
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Skinny
(golf) thin
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Skinny
(colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
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Skinny
A state of nakedness; nudity.
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Skinny
(informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
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Skinny
(nonstandard) A skinny being.
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Skinny
(transitive) To reduce or cut down.
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Skinny
Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
He holds him with a skinny hand.
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Skinny
Confidential information about a topic or person;
He wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
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Skinny
Having unattractive thinness;
A child with skinny freckled legs
A long scrawny neck
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