phat
English edit
Etymology edit
The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
phat (comparative phatter, superlative phattest)
- (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Excellent; cool; very good.
- Synonyms: cool, excellent, fab; see also Thesaurus:excellent
- 1994, “One Time 4 Your Mind”, in Illmatic, performed by Nas:
- Aiyyo, Nas? Fuck that, man, that shit was phat / But kick that for them gangstas, man, fuck all that!
- 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 52:
- We saw the kind of life bailers and hustlers were living. The women, the flamboyant cars, the phat mansions, the mad platinum jewelry.
- (slang) Voluptuous
- Synonyms: foxy, thicc; see also Thesaurus:sexy
- (slang, music) Rich in texture; prominent.
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Translations edit
in music: rich in texture, prominent
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Adverb edit
phat (Perso-Arabic spelling پھت)
- suddenly
References edit
Rade edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chamic *phaːt, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət.
Verb edit
phat
- (transitive) to chisel
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References edit
- James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)[2], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 103