Fat cat
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- This article is about the generic usage of the term. See Fat Cat for the character in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.
Fat cat is slang term which describes a rich, greedy person who, due to ownership of capital, is able to "live easy" off the work of others. Often, those labeled "fat cats" will reap a sustantial financial gain from a business, while the business itself, and the people who are employed by it, do not. The term is also sometimes used to refer disparagingly to wealthy contributors to a political campaign.
Fat cat imagery is commonly used in editorial cartoons.
External links
Fat cats in magazines
- Fat cats feeding (http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2119378) - Why are company bosses being paid such large sums of money?
Fat cats in editorial cartoons
- On the back of a fat cat (http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/cartoons/2002/07/23/bell2307.jpg)
- Big cats in florida (http://www.news-press.com/multimedia/galleries/dougstatetoons/images/019MacGregor%20723%20%20Fat%20Cats.jpg)
- Fat cats in a hotel room (http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df200304/df20030404.jpg) - Everything in the world is planned by a bunch of fat cats smoking cigars.
