Some people have great figures, but in a bathing suit they are a mess- all skinny-fat- like Miss Paris, who loves to show off her flabby ass for some reason
by Meadow Soprano November 8, 2005

A person who, while they have very low weight on the scales, and may look reasonably (or even very) skinny with heavy clothes on, they still have a large amount of body fat compared to muscle, resulting in a flabby appearance. Hence, a skinny (low mass) person, who still looks fat (flabby and untoned).
Often, vegetarians who have no idea where to get non-meat protein-rich foods from, and don't know why it's important, so they end up having no muscle. Especially vegetarian girls which combine the above with eating like a rabbit to "lose weight".
This is your average teenage (or not so teenage) girl who has been misled by hollywood to think that any form of exercise that isn't jogging will make you look like Arnold Schwarzennegger. Usually involves this vicious cycle:
a) "OMG! I look fat!"
b) "I need to eat like a rabbit from now on to lose weight" (myth)
c) "I need to go running every morning to increase my tone" (myth)
d) "I should avoid any other form of exercise because I will bulk up and look ugly instead" (super-myth - in fact it's the opposite)
e) Result: Loss of weight, but more muscle than fat lost, resulting in more fat remaining relative to body muscle (i.e. looking even more flabby and lumpy than before)
f) OMG! I look fat! --> back to a). Also, welcome to the anorexia club.
Often, vegetarians who have no idea where to get non-meat protein-rich foods from, and don't know why it's important, so they end up having no muscle. Especially vegetarian girls which combine the above with eating like a rabbit to "lose weight".
This is your average teenage (or not so teenage) girl who has been misled by hollywood to think that any form of exercise that isn't jogging will make you look like Arnold Schwarzennegger. Usually involves this vicious cycle:
a) "OMG! I look fat!"
b) "I need to eat like a rabbit from now on to lose weight" (myth)
c) "I need to go running every morning to increase my tone" (myth)
d) "I should avoid any other form of exercise because I will bulk up and look ugly instead" (super-myth - in fact it's the opposite)
e) Result: Loss of weight, but more muscle than fat lost, resulting in more fat remaining relative to body muscle (i.e. looking even more flabby and lumpy than before)
f) OMG! I look fat! --> back to a). Also, welcome to the anorexia club.
"How can I look so fat! I weigh no more than my 10-year-old!"
"You're just skinny-fat. You need some more muscle, and then you'll look drop-dead gorgeous again. Stop jogging and starving yourself, and go do some more wholesome exercise instead."
"You're just skinny-fat. You need some more muscle, and then you'll look drop-dead gorgeous again. Stop jogging and starving yourself, and go do some more wholesome exercise instead."
by my-name-was-already-being-used December 19, 2011

Also called TOFIs (thin outside, fat inside).
People who doesn't look fat or overweight from the outside (no 'fat folds') and still are considered 'fat' when they are submitted to hi-tech body-scanning techniques (like MRIs), to discover that they are what doctors call 'centrally-obese': having large fat-cells in their vital organs and subcutaneous skin deposits which is high risk for heart disease and can double risk of CDV (cardiovascular disease) in men.
People who doesn't look fat or overweight from the outside (no 'fat folds') and still are considered 'fat' when they are submitted to hi-tech body-scanning techniques (like MRIs), to discover that they are what doctors call 'centrally-obese': having large fat-cells in their vital organs and subcutaneous skin deposits which is high risk for heart disease and can double risk of CDV (cardiovascular disease) in men.
A new relative method to body mass index (BMI) is the Body Volume Index (BVI), which is a faster computer-based digital scan that calculates body-volumes/body fat percentages. Similar techniques to BVI should be made to tell you if you are one of the latest 'fat' category: the 'skinny-fats!
by hammer---;, hytham May 16, 2007

Being "skinny-fat" occurs when you have a BMI in the normal range, and you may have thin limbs, but your waist circumference is very high making you abdominally overweight. You therefore have a similar risk to those who are *directly* overweight, because a huge waist is always bad regardless of your BMI.
He is skinny-fat because although he burns more calories than he consumes, he still is a major alcoholic and this gives him excess belly fat despite being otherwise a healthy weight.
by Spike 32 January 8, 2022

This term is used when a person is thin, yet does not eat healthy or take care of themselves. They think they don't need to watch the junk they eat because they are thin. They can be more unhealthy then an overweight person.
Also known as, Skinny on the outside, fat and unhealthy on the inside.
Skinny-Fat
Also known as, Skinny on the outside, fat and unhealthy on the inside.
Skinny-Fat
If a person can eat pizza, burgers, candy all day long and not gain weight, they would be considered skinny fat. They can still die from the same weight related diseases. That is Skinny-Fat
by Brianmi January 6, 2008

by anon17 January 26, 2010

A dude who has a gut and little girl arms. It is an implied insult that he does not benefit from fat guy arms, by which fat guys at least get to be tough looking.
by Parkson Wrecks April 19, 2006
