To me,so-called "skinny people" are just those without
an excess of stored fat and cellulite.So who came up with
the term "skinny"?What would you call them?
2007-08-06 04:45:46 · 15 answers · asked by mitchegen 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Skinny means - resembling skin - in other words, they look like they are all skin - and no stored fat or cellulite, as you said.
2007-08-06 04:53:35 · answer #1 · answered by tushanna_m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By that reasoning you should also question why overweight people are called 'fat'. Everyone has fat also. Skinny is just a word that is used. I think skinny came from the term skin and bones. That is the word I use to describe people who are too thin.
2007-08-06 04:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a good question u could call them bony but that would be the same thing as skinny cuz everyone has bones, i can't think of anything
2007-08-06 04:49:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, everyone does have skin but maybe it is because they have a lot less skin than the larger people?!?!
2007-08-06 04:50:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They only have skin. No fat. hence, the name, skinny.
2007-08-06 04:54:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
skinny is short for skin and bones
2007-08-06 04:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by jar894 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess its because they are all "skin" and bone. Like wise "fatty" is cos they are predominantly fat.
2007-08-06 04:48:50 · answer #7 · answered by kaz1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's because below the skin is nothing.. just bones..
below fat people's skin there is fat
2007-08-06 04:48:19 · answer #8 · answered by Batak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shortened form of "skin and bones"
2007-08-06 04:48:21 · answer #9 · answered by Rae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz under the skin they got no fat... just skin and bones
2007-08-06 04:48:44 · answer #10 · answered by blind_chameleon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋