phat
noun1
An English trick-taking partnership card game descended from the game of all fours.
phat
adj/fæt/
Etymology The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.
1
Slang Excellent; cool; very good.
- Aiyyo, Nas? Fuck that, man, that shit was phat / But kick that for them gangstas, man, fuck all that!1994, “One Time 4 Your Mind”, in Illmatic, performed by Nas:
- We saw the kind of life bailers and hustlers were living. The women, the flamboyant cars, the phat mansions, the mad platinum jewelry.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 52:
2
Slang Voluptuous
3
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Slang Rich in texture; prominent.
- The song has a phat bass line.
- Derived terms
- big phat, PAWG, phatness, phat pants