The term derives fromAfrican American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the wordfat.
phat (comparativephatter,superlativephattest)
- (slang, originally African-American Vernacular)Excellent;cool; verygood.
- Synonyms:cool,excellent,fab;see alsoThesaurus:excellent
1994, “One Time 4 Your Mind”, inIllmatic, performed by Nas:Aiyyo, Nas? Fuck that, man, that shit wasphat / 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,page52:We saw the kind of life bailers and hustlers were living. The women, the flamboyant cars, thephat mansions, the mad platinum jewelry.
- (slang)Voluptuous
- Synonyms:foxy,thicc;see alsoThesaurus:sexy
- (slang, music)Rich intexture;prominent.
- Synonyms:prominent,(slang)rocking,juicy
The song has aphat bass line.
in music: rich in texture, prominent
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phat (Perso-Arabic spellingپھت)
- suddenly
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “phat”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN
FromProto-Chamic*phaːt, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*paqət.
phat
- (transitive) tochisel
- 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 fromthe original on1 November 2021, page103
