different between fatty vs ratty

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)

1. 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.
2. 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

3. (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.

Derived terms

• fatty acid

Translations

Etymology 2

From fat +? -y (“colloquialising suffix”).

Alternative forms

• fattie

Noun

fatty (plural fatties)

1. (derogatory, slang) An obese person.

   It's hardly surprising, when it has to support that enormous gut! Lose some weight, fatty!

2. (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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fat person
• See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

Translations

English

Etymology

From rat +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ati/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æti/, [??æ?i]

• Rhymes: -æti

Adjective

ratty (comparative rattier, superlative rattiest)

1. Similar to a rat; ratlike.
2. Infested with rats.
3. (colloquial) In poor condition or repair

   Synonyms: worn out, battered, tattered, torn

   • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 535:

     The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.

   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 80:

     I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.

4. (Britain, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed, bad-tempered.

Translations

Anagrams

• attry, tarty