Similar to “generous” or “liberal”
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marlowe221@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Did the person happen to have a southern accent?
As someone from the south, that’s what “healthy” means when used to describe an amount of something. It means “a lot”.
Also, if you say someone looks healthy you’re basically calling them fat, depending on tone of voice and inflection.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Carighan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah what I was going to say, too. “Healthy” in the context of an amount usually means “be quite generous”.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 7 months ago
South? Like Australia?
But yeah “a healthy amount” in UK English too means"a large amount of"
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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marlowe221@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sorry, I meant south like Mississippi.