• Skeezix
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    -34 months ago

    Morbid is such an interesting adjective as it’s only commonly used in conjunction with obese. You’d never say someone’s hair is morbidly blond, or his face is morbidly orange, or his brain is morbidly small.

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      54 months ago

      It’s because the definition of morbid doesn’t fit any of those examples except the last.

      The reason it’s used in conjunction with obese is to mean that the person is so fat that it’s likely to be the reason they die.