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Originally Posted by ApK
I was not aware of any implicit negative connotation to "fat cat" other than the fact that it's typically used by the "have-nots" to describe the "haves." That is, it's unlikely that one billionaire businessman would describe another as a fat cat to other billionaires.
Personally, while I never thought of the term implying that the person did little to earn their wealth, I always took it to mean that they NO LONGER need to worry about earning, they can sit back and enjoy the power of their position, just like a literal fat cat can contentedly spend it's day napping rather than having to fight for scraps in the alley.
OK, as you were.
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Precisely, and in this case, that would be Douglas Preston and James Patterson and their ilk.
But not the vast majority of signatories, who were merely fooled, due to their recently-discovered lack of intellectual capacity (ironic in an actual list of people who make their living off of the written word):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=246443