different between batty vs fatty
batty
English
Etymology 1
bat +? -y. In sense “insane”, attested 1903, from expression have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Compare also batshit (“insane”) and squirrelly (“jumpy, eccentric”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?bæti/
- (US) IPA(key): /?bæti/, [?bæ?i]
- Homophone: baddie
- Rhymes: -æti
Adjective
batty (comparative battier, superlative battiest)
- (slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
- 1992 July 6, Edwina Currie, Diary:
- On Sunday’s David Frost Show, Baroness Thatcher looked quite batty to me, eyes rolling.
- 1992 July 6, Edwina Currie, Diary:
- (obsolete) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).
- 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
- And from each other look thou lead them thus
Till o'er their brows death-counterfeiting sleep
With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep.
- And from each other look thou lead them thus
- 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Derived terms
- batshit
Translations
See also
- squirrelly
Etymology 2
From bottom, possibly influenced by bawtie or butt.
Alternative forms
- bati
Noun
batty (plural batties)
- (West Indian slang, MLE) The buttocks or anus.
- (Jamaican, Britain, derogatory) A homosexual man.
Derived terms
- batty boy
- batty man
- batty rider
References
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bat?/
- Hyphenation: ba?tty
Noun
batty (plural: batty dem, quantified: batty)
- butt, bottom, buttocks (buttocks)
Derived terms
- battyman
- batty rider
- bench and batty
- jonkro batty
See also
- when puss belly full, 'im seh rat batty bitta
- pat a cuss keckle a seh how him batty black suh
References
- Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 84
- batty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
batty From the web:
fatty
English
Etymology 1
From fat +? -y. Cognate with Dutch vettig (“fatty, greasy”), German fettig (“fatty”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fæt.i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fæ?.i/
- Rhymes: -æti
Adjective
fatty (comparative fattier, superlative fattiest)
- Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
- 1896, H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Chapter 14.
- Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.
- 1896, H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Chapter 14.
- Like fat; greasy.
- 1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), Of the Epidemics, Book II, Section 1.
- On the sixth, stools black, fatty, viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.
- 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter 32
- […] which had a greasy and fatty surface like cold broth
- 1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), Of the Epidemics, Book II, Section 1.
- (slang) Literally or figuratively large.
- 2007, getting rid of weed smell tips
- Be careful of the taxi drivers out there though, I've heard they sell you drugs, drop you off at your hotel and then dob you in to the Thai Police to get a fatty reward!
- 2007, A. Bryant, Disappointment to Say the Least
- Instead of going my normal route (ordering the book through the store, checking it out in person, and then ordering it online so I could get a fatty discount) I impulsively bought the book.
- 2007, Rimma [1]
- I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now.
- 2007, getting rid of weed smell tips
Derived terms
- fatty acid
Translations
Etymology 2
From fat +? -y (“colloquialising suffix”).
Alternative forms
- fattie
Noun
fatty (plural fatties)
- (derogatory, slang) An obese person.
- It's hardly surprising, when it has to support that enormous gut! Lose some weight, fatty!
- (slang) A large marijuana cigar; a blunt.
- 2004, Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman, Scar Tissue
- We went to Plaster Creek, smoked a fattie, and emerged doing somersaults and cartwheels and laughing.
- 2004, Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman, Scar Tissue
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fat person
- See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
Translations
fatty From the web:
- what fatty acids are essential
- what fatty acids are solid at room temperature
- what fatty foods to avoid
- what fatty fish is good for you
- what fatty acids are in olive oil
- what fatty acids are in butter
- what fatty liver
- what fatty acids originate from animal sources
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