Phat vs Phot - What's the difference?
phat | phot |
(slang) excellent
(slang) sexy
(slang, music) rich in texture, prominent
(informal) to
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As an adjective phat
is excellent.As a noun phot is
a photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).As a verb phot is
to photograph.phat
English
Adjective
(wikipedia phat) (phatter)- The song has a phat bass line.
Synonyms
* cool (slang), excellent, fab (dated slang), rad (dated slang), super, wicked (slang) * foxy (slang), hot (slang) * prominent, rocking (slang), juicyDerived terms
* big phat * phatnessAnagrams
* *phot
English
Etymology 1
Coined by André Blondel in 1921. See (photo-).Etymology 2
Shortening of (photograph)Verb
(phott)citation, passage=They said no, so I climbed off a bridge and spent the rest of the day photting and cab-riding around BHP without permission.}}
citation, passage=It's not an aerial one though as I havn't devved the transparency stuff yet, and I'll not get chance tommorrow as I'm photting the Touring Cars @ Croft.}}
citation, passage=dog tag is hard to phot because it is so shiny.}}