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English
Etymology
An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged.
Adjective
gravitationally challenged (comparative more gravitationally challenged, superlative most gravitationally challenged)
- (humorous, euphemistic, of a person) Fat.
1996 March 3, Diane Ketcham, “Long Island Journal”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Aug. 2010:[T]he chunky Mr. Ackerman took to the stage. First he told fat jokes. . . . "I'm not fat. I'm gravitationally challenged."
2002 July 6, Tania Kindersley, “A job for nanny”, in spectator.co.uk, retrieved 29 Aug. 2010:In America fat is the new f-word—instead, it's nutritionally endowed, or person of mass, or gravitationally challenged.
- (euphemistic, often humorous) Of a person, having a poor sense of balance; subject to intervals of dizziness.
2003 July 18, Leonard Klady, “MCM Review: Johnny English”, in Movie City News, retrieved 29 Aug. 2010:Consider that the person asking is Mr. Bean, the diminutive, awkward, gravitationally challenged, accident-prone incarnation served up by Rowan Atkinson.
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