Are you looking for a nickname for your chubby partner? Maybe you want to tease an overweight friend or coworker? Perhaps you are not thinking about a fat person, but instead, have a chubby pet? If so, chonker is an apt title that lets you and everyone else know just what to expect when you say it.
Are you curious about the phrase chonker and how it’s used? If so, we can help. This post unpacks the meaning and origin of this expression.
Meaning
Chonker in short means fat or chubby. In most cases, it is reserved for those that have visible rolls of fat, typically on their belly, neck, and arms. The meaning of this word is used loosely as it can be applied to anyone or anything that is significantly overweight.
However, it is mainly directed at adored house pets that have, over the years, become rotund. This gives the owner the allusion that they are cuter and more lovable due to their “fluffiness.”
In the recent past, people are becoming more prone to adopt or love an overweight cat or dog because they are a chonker and possess a massive layer of fatty tissue that isn’t healthy for the animal or people. People may also be called Chonkers if they retain too much body fat. The term or phrase Chonker is a kinder way of saying that an animal or person is overweight to no longer capable of regular physical activity. More information can be found in the video (here).
Example Usage Chonker
“Your cat is a total chonker!”
“Why do I have to be such a chonker always?”
“Why do you think sue is okay with her dog being such a chonker?”
“Ya know, if they would feed their cat a bit less, it wouldn’t be a chonker.”
“There is something that is just so utterly adorable about chonkers, more so regal chonkers”.
“My aunt is turning into a real chonker, she should probably lay off the pound cake”.
Origin
The English language terms and phrases are constantly changing and becoming new and different. The term Chonker is no different as it is believed to be derived from “Chokers” meaning the animal is obese to the point where it is restricted in movement in many areas of its body.
The term Chonker came into use in roughly 2016 as people began to refer to cats on online videos as “Chonky!” This term is often used as an endearment as most people find overweight animals to be more lovable than ever. These animals are often rated on the new “Chonker Chart” instead of the traditional BFI risk chart we are all used to. Owning an overweight cat or dog now is popular as people openly share pictures and videos of their hefty animals on the internet or with each other.
Phrases Similar to Chonker
- Chunky
- Fat
- Chubby
- Podgy
- Plump
- Pudgy
- Hefty
Phrases Opposite to Chonky
- Gangly
- Skinny
- Slender
- Lanky
- Underweight
- Scrawny
- Emaciated
What is the Correct Saying?
- Chonker – “You cat is a chonker!”
Ways People May Incorrectly Say Chonker
The phrase “Chonker” is slang for fat or morbidly obese when referring to an animal. This term could easily be misused if the term isn’t adequately understood.
- That dog is so skinny he’s going to be a chonker soon.
- If you keep eating all that healthy food, you will become a chonker.
- If you lose weight, people will start calling you a chonker.
Acceptable Ways to Phrase Chonker
- If you keep eating five meals a day, you will be called a chonker.
- Your dog can barely walk. It is such a chonker!
- Stacy has three cats, and every one of them is a chonker.
- Eating 5 meals a day will defiantly turn you into a chonker by the end of the year.
- You should not force that baby to eat so much, it will be a chonker by the time it starts to walk.