phat
/fat
/adjective informal
Excellent: a London crew with a really phat funk sound...
- I marched over to the dance section, grabbed the CD and bought it - on the strength of one phat track.
- It is the essence of stunning creativity, whether embodied in a Picasso sculpture, a Mozart opera, or a phat video game.
- The bass is consistently phat, driving underneath the vocal and keyboard tracks and matching up perfectly.
Origin
1970s (originally used to describe a woman, in the sense 'sexy, attractive'): of uncertain origin.
- Robertson, Oscar
- Robertson's law
- Roberts, Owen Josephus
- Roberval balance
- Roberval's balance
- Robeson, Paul
- Robespierrean
- Robespierre, Maximilien de
- Robespierrian
- Robespierrist
- Robey, Sir George
- robin
- robin accentor
- robin breast
- robin-chat
- Robin Dinner
- robin dipper
- robin-egg
- robinet
- robing accommodation
- Robin Goodfellow
- robing room
- robing table
- Robin Hood
- Robin Hood bargain