Definitions
Etymologies
- Earlier, sexy (said of a woman), of unknown origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The term phat seeped into that culture through music, and its original meaning - a full, rich sound - expanded to express general praise.”
“I've still got a PS2, but it's also a "phat" model that's on its last legs.”
“I happen to be a PS3 owner, but I currently love my launch-model 60gb "phat", for the sole reason of backwards compatibility.”
“We're so fat these days that there was a period when we tried to convince ourselves that someone calling us "disgustingly sloppy fat" might be good, because "phat" and "fat" were homophones!”
The Washington Post: This is why we're fat: Missing Jack LaLanne
“1. An obvious example: White kids using the word like phat unironically.”
“Word spread that something "phat" was about to kick off.”
The Guardian: Return of underground rave culture is fuelled by the recession and Facebook
“Fat (or should I say "phat") chance that will happen.”
“Because I am also obsessive, compulsive, competitive and feeling a little fat not "phat" with a "pee-aych," but fat, as in "bordering on bloggobese" and fresh, a little Executive Summary before we jump into the raw, uncensored data details.”
“fat", not "phat" - on her show, Life in the Fab Lane”
“DS "phat" to upgrade, we'd still encourage a DS Lite or DSi purchase.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘phat’.
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You are so GOOD LOOKING!
Words about looking good
a dish, dishy, snazzy, styling, looker, handsome, beautiful, delicious, dessert, yummy, tantalizing, hormone hunk and 55 more...
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Character traits
Falstaffian, drumble, despond, grotesque, élan, anile, feal, smart aleck, phat, blowsy, haver, hoary and 18 more...
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gcherches's Words
serendipity, roadrunner, inner child, coagulant, esquire, vicissitude, idiot savant, mitigation, affirmation, affirmative, diatribe, affirmative action and 185 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
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The History of Cool
Words that mean "cool" around the world and through the ages.
cool, awesome, wild, stylin', groovy, neat, nifty, swell, great, tubular, radical, bitchin' and 188 more...
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Words not to confuse
Words that unfortunately have more than one meaning that could either be taken as an insult or a compliment.
snipe, idiotism, piddle, jerk, insolence, drumble, dawt, phat, haver, apery, hoary, orra and 10 more...
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Awesome words
fkhdvehdhdv
ouphe, hoiden, piddle, defenestrate, flic, desist, avast, cessation, extrapolate, temerity, effrontery, presumptuousness and 54 more...
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Did you just insult me?!
Words to use in moments of high frustration that they hopefully won't understand.
naïf, jerk, temerity, presumptuousness, presumptuous, arrogant, impudence, insolence, hick, bitch, asshole, ass and 61 more...
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Phat words
alphataxonomy, cosmographate, philosophation, chirographate, cacemphaton, apostrophate, apocryphate, jehoshaphat, triumphator, cataphatic, phosphate, lymphatic and 11 more...
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Diction...
dead-cat bounce, golden handcuffs, headhunt, avatar, convergence, dot-commer, killer app, lurk, anandamide, barista, frankenfood, longneck and 17 more...
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Slang Thang
are you literate with the latest lingo??
dawg, a'ight, yo, wanksta, the 411, holler, nunya, peeps, flick, gig, tight, sweet and 8 more...
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dumb neologisms
webinar, blog, staycation, prosumer, blogosphere, podcast, phishing, pharming, incentivize, ballinest, beaulicious, bennifer and 53 more...
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Words that Sing
euphoniousness, leitmotif, baritone, singer, a cappella, basso profundo, da capo aria, mellifluous, melic, phat, resonate, plunked and 6 more...
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Psychedelic words
These words are gnarly, man.
psychedelic, groovy, nirvana, gnarly, funked, phat, psycho, tubular
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hoppy's list
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Groove Glossary
groove, pocket, hip, dig, funky, swunk, stanky, phat, bump, hit
Tweets
Looking for tweets for phat.
etmlbristol - adjective.
1. Slang for excellent or first-rate.
2. Slang. used as an acronym for Pretty Hot And Tempting.
3. Phat was adopted in the late ‘80s to refer to rhythms or beats that people liked. They called them “fat” to describe their presence.
It is also a deliberate misspelling of the word “fat.” For example, if someone called a woman “fat,” they could cover their mistake by telling her that they were referring to the word “phat” in order to prevent being slapped.
The use of the word “phat” is now considered a faux pas.
Snakesedrick: Son-Tec - Wrack is mastered finally. KICK ASS! Awesome, phat sound babe!
http://twitter.com/snakesedrick/status/18522810249
Jul 14, 2010
hoppy In the version of the Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary that I have, phat is defined as "susceptible to rapid and easy typesetting". Apr 28, 2008
quotato I always hear the word phat used when the synth gets real low and fat sounding. Ya all remember that Moog Synth. They have a new board out now called "Little Phatty" Mar 18, 2007