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English
Etymology
The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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.
- Synonyms: prominent, (slang) rocking, juicy
The song has a phat bass line.
Derived terms
Translations
in music: rich in texture, prominent
Anagrams
Phalura
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adverb
phat (Perso-Arabic spelling پھت)
- suddenly
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Rade
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic *phaːt, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət.
Verb
phat
- (transitive) to chisel
Derived terms
References
- James A. Tharp; Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2021-11-01, page 103