“Fat” looks like the word “Eat.” “The word ‘Fat’ is only one dash away from the word ‘Eat’” was cited on Twitter on August 16, 2009.
“The word ‘Fat’ just looks like someone took a bite out of the first letter of the word ‘Eat’” was cited on reddit on February 24, 2014. This version of the one-line saying quickly became popular on Twitter. The jocular line has been printed on many gift items, such as posters, T-shirts and coffee mugs.
Twitter
Maria
@MariaWould
The word “Fat” is only one dash away from the word “Eat”
10:02 PM - 16 Aug 2009
Twitter
Sara Lukas
@shuggsmom
Only one little line that separates the word “EAT” from the word “FAT.” Hmmm….
8:03 PM - 20 Apr 2010
Twitter
Hurlette
@Hurlette1
funny how the word eat is close to being the word fat
5:38 AM - 9 Jul 2010
,a href=“https://twitter.com/TeenDramaHeaven/status/91966783862472705”>Twitter
Leon Moore
@TeenDramaHeaven
It’s funny how the word ‘Fat’ looks a lot like the word ‘Eat’
3:26 PM - 15 Jul 2011
reddit
The word “Fat” just looks like someone took a bite out of the first letter of the word “Eat”. (self.Showerthoughts)
submitted February 24, 2014 by dunkm1n
Twitter
ShowerThoughts
@rShowerThoughts
The word “Fat” just looks like someone took a bite out of the first letter of the word “Eat”.:... http://bit.ly/MVab6E #ShowerThoughts
1:41 PM - 24 Feb 2014
Twitter
Kevin Hung
@KevinHung__
The word “Fat” looks like someone took a bite off of the word “Eat”.
2:56 PM - 24 Feb 2014
Twitter
Troy Osinoff
@yo
The word “Fat” looks like someone took a bite out of the the word “Eat”.
3:52 PM - 24 Feb 2014
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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