Fat
Fat adjective - Having an excess of body fat.
Usage example: the popular image of Santa Claus as a fat man in a red suit
Spare
Spare adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Usage example: a tall, spare man
Both words in one sentence
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Katniss says that Delly wasn't really fat, but she had a few pounds to spare (in contrast to the majority of District 12).
Source: Big Fun -
Whereas Edward Norton's fat-free Hulk, Mark Ruffalo's version has a spare tire around his gut.
Source: Stout Strength -
Dead Rising has this on the manboobs and spare tire gut of Larry, a Fat Bastard boss.
Source: Jiggle Physics
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