A Conversation for American Slang
Da bomb! and PFAT
wsfn Started conversation Jul 30, 1999
Da bomb! is used currently as an expression of good stuff -- That gig last night was da bomb, dude! (The concert last night was great, friend! -- although dude can also be an adjetive -- wow!)
There is also "PFAT". That girl is pfat! - Pretty, Fine, And Tasty!
wsfn
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Kopaylopa aka. Kayla Poponayla Posted Jul 30, 1999
If you're going to describe a slang word at least know how to spell it!!!
the word is "PHAT"
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what you know as km Posted Jul 30, 1999
It's a different word—"phat" is "pretty hot and tempting," isn't it?
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Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Jul 31, 1999
two of the newest and gayest additions to American slang, which assures us that they'll never go away....
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what you know as km Posted Jul 31, 1999
Completely agree. It's insanely difficult to refrain from giving people a good solid knock in the head when they use either.
You know, now that I really think about it, it's that attitude that gives us such a nasty reputation as Americans.
I'm not complaining of course. It's just an observation.
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RiffRaff Posted Jul 31, 1999
Well, I've only ever seen it spelled 'phat'. 'Pfat' might be a left-coast variant, although I hope you're just wrong. 
And I've NEVER heard it to be an acronym - the very thought makes me want to crush skulls.
BTW, for the uninformed, it's pronounced 'FAT', unless you're annoying like me, in which case it's pronounced 'PEA-HAT'.
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what you know as km Posted Jul 31, 1999
The fact that half of us own them to protect us from the other half probably just doubles the disgrace.
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Amanda Posted Aug 1, 1999
I'm almost positive it's "Phat". The fact that I'm completely uncool and totally unhip and would most likely want to spell it "Pfat" if I ever had the chance in a social setting further backs up my claim that it's spelled "Phat".
Or something.
Another really annoying one - two, actually. Both dealing with the hush-hush subject of excrement and the first is a suffix for one mentioned above: "Da bomb".
"Da bomb ass sh**", i.e. "That show was da bomb ass sh**!"
Ahem.
And then: "Cracked my sh** up", as in "This topic really cracks my sh** up!" Not nearly as bad, but still you get the point...
America. Land of the free, home of the witty colloquialisms.
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Majikthise Posted Aug 1, 1999
Can you expand on that? "This topic really cracks my sh** up!" puts the comment in context, but doesn't explain what it means. I assume the topic in question doesn't have a disintegrating effect on one's faeces.
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Amanda Posted Aug 1, 1999
Oh, I certainly hope not! No, I merely think the point there is to show just how humorous something is, i.e. "cracking up" = laughing. To the extreme. And I've never seen it associated with anything other than humor, which is kind of odd. Anger: "That really pisses my s*** up!" No, no...it just doesn't work.
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Farquar Posted Aug 2, 1999
Ok, I'm probably going to be really unpopular with this, but I happen to like using the term "Da Bomb". True, I use it tounge in cheek, but then, I do that with almost all of the street slang I use. I know it's silly, but I think it's fun. I think it's origin is something to do with the 70's TV show "What's Happenin" The tall skinny character used to say "Dynomite" about something that was good. Something is so hot it is about to explode, or something like that.
BTW. Whatever happened to the term SOLID?
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Farquar Posted Aug 3, 1999
Conversation with Solid.
"How was that band last night man?"
"Solid!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Like a rock, baby."
I love it!
My two cents.
Aleric B Posted Aug 4, 1999
Item one: I've never seen it spelled pfat. Always been phat. And to the best of my knowledge, it's always been and acronym.
Item two: Solid. Wow. That's an oldie. What about "heavy"? Haven't heard that one since the eighties...
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Aleric B Posted Aug 4, 1999
What exactly is the "left coast"?? 'Cause if I stand facing north, then the west coast is left. If I face south, the east coast is left. If I face east, then Canada is left. And so forth.
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wsfn Posted Aug 4, 1999
PHAT and PFAT have the same origins...I think the one may only be mid-western US where its gotten wrong. (and even if its not capitalized both have always been acronyms). Both are pronounced FAT.
What about Kewel? That one annoys me beyond belief.
wsfn
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saffire Posted Aug 4, 1999
i hate kewl
i hate kewel
i hate especially quool
on a different note, i sort of like saying 'damn straight' (i hear you, of course, i agree, etc......)
another fun word is 'mad' - as in, that was mad fun (very fun)...he is mad cute (quite good looking)...i have mad work to do (i have a lot
of work to do)...
a little ghetto talk, in other words
-saffire
oh, another one is 'my bad' - that was my fault, im sorry
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- 1: wsfn (Jul 30, 1999)
- 2: Kopaylopa aka. Kayla Poponayla (Jul 30, 1999)
- 3: what you know as km (Jul 30, 1999)
- 4: Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit (Jul 31, 1999)
- 5: what you know as km (Jul 31, 1999)
- 6: The Ghost Of TV's Frink (Jul 31, 1999)
- 7: RiffRaff (Jul 31, 1999)
- 8: what you know as km (Jul 31, 1999)
- 9: Amanda (Aug 1, 1999)
- 10: Majikthise (Aug 1, 1999)
- 11: Amanda (Aug 1, 1999)
- 12: Farquar (Aug 2, 1999)
- 13: RiffRaff (Aug 3, 1999)
- 14: Farquar (Aug 3, 1999)
- 15: saffire (Aug 4, 1999)
- 16: Aleric B (Aug 4, 1999)
- 17: Aleric B (Aug 4, 1999)
- 18: wsfn (Aug 4, 1999)
- 19: saffire (Aug 4, 1999)
- 20: RiffRaff (Aug 4, 1999)
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