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  • Sarahundefined Offline
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    An [angle] between 90 and 180 degrees. Used in math. Other angles include:
    [right angle]/[right]
    [acute angle]/[acute]
    [straight angle]/[straight]
    [reflex angle]/[reflex]

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      from Latin obtusus, blunt, dull, from past participle of obtundere

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        The state of being simultaneously high and in a reclined position

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          When someone bends backwards and their body makes an angle greater than 90 degrees.
          Seen in [Exorcist] movies and an episode of [Family Guy] making fun of a scene from [Shawshank Redemption].

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            adj: fat, used to describe any extremely overwieght person. This is due to that fact that an obtuse angle in math is a big fat angle over 90º.

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              big, round,

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                an adjective a person uses who feels large or overweight

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                  An [angle] between 90 and 180 degrees. Used in math. Other angles include:
                  [right angle]/[right]
                  [acute angle]/[acute]
                  [straight angle]/[straight]
                  [reflex angle]/[reflex]

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                    Ob-too-s
                    [Adj]: An [ironic] term describing something as extremely big or in extreme [excess].

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                      When [women] are [curved] in all [the right] places.

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                        (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°

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