horizontally challenged

horizontally challenged

Fat or obese. (Pseudo-politically correct slang used for humorous effect.) I became a little horizontally challenged after my accident, since I had to be in a wheelchair for nearly a year.
See also: challenged
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hygienically challenged
  • gravitationally challenged
  • vertically challenged
  • challenge (someone) to (something)
  • challenge to
  • a righteous collar
  • righteous
  • righteous collar
References in periodicals archive
And for the politically correct among you, the only time I'm 'horizontally challenged' is when I don't want to get out of bed in the morning.
Shari Low: It's a sad day when the celebrity I relate to is Johnny Vegas
In PC terms, my hair was "horizontally challenged."
A buzz cut grows above all the rest
With dimensions of 39 x 69 x 91 mm and weighing just 230 g, it makes the DCR-IP1K a considerable 26 percent lighter and 30 percent smaller than the now fatty for, in PC terms, both vertically and horizontally challenged) DCR-IP7 model, so the IP7's catwalk days are definitely over.
Song DCR-IP1K
And therefore, those extra servings of ice-cream and chocolate that had me grow more and more "horizontally challenged" with each passing year can just keep on coming, can't they?
The happiness quotient
It was in the '80s that the wearing of team jerseys got a firm hold, but there was a shock in store for the horizontally challenged.
From Burton's sheepskin to gut-hugging replica shirts... As the Welsh rugby team unveils its new kit, Robin Turner looks at how fashion on the terraces has changed over the years
Well, it may be a tad uncomfortable for the horizontally challenged, but it's just right for a patient being wheeled in on a stretcher.
Gurgaon's Sector 50 emerges as new hospitality hotspot
Is the horizontally challenged lady finishes singing yet?
David Wells