Phat is an adjective to describe approval in Hip Hop culture. Hence, someone or something that is phat could be cool, rich, entertaining, intelligent, fly or otherwise to be admired. The term derives from Black English Vernacular (Ebonics) as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat to invert its meaning.

Phat is also an acronym for Pretty Hot And Tempting.

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2. Also a comic book character from Marvel Comics' "X-Statix." Billy Bob goes by the moniker Phat and is a parody of white rapper Eminem.