[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Phat" (Hip Hop Term)

[Shapiro, Fred]

phat (OED, b., 1992 [December])

1992 Detroit Free Press 26 Apr. 7G/1 (Genealogy Bank)

Livin' phat: To be doing well in life. OK, that makes sense. But what's with the weird spelling? This is hip-hop gone pretentious.

Fred Shapiro

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