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fatty boombalatty en · NOUN

Etymology

From a 19th century children's rhyme: "Fatty, Fatty, Boom-a-latty; This is the way he goes! He is so large around the waist, he can not see his toes!". Earliest written attestation from 1899.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang) An extremely obese person.
   • This fatty-fatty-boombalatty kid, Ed Linke, who is pitching himself into a regular's berth on the Nats' trip home, is pretty full of awareness, for a rookie. 1933 March 31, The Washington Post, page 15:
   • An extremely common one, certain to assail my ears whenever I went into a strange neighorbood, was in these words: “Fatty, Fatty, Boom-a-latty, here’s the way he goes.” 1946, Russell Jachne McLauchlin, Alfred Street, page 20:
   • Now onto more important matters, my motion to add “fatty fatty boombalatty” to the list of unacceptable hate speech. 1999, King of the Hill, "Bills Are Made to Be Broken", Season 4, Episode 3:
   • Fatty Jones proposed it over his shoulders as he waddled along in the dust. The rest whoop wild agreement. "Fatty, Fatty, boom-a-latty," they screeched joyously.[…] 1908, Minnesota Magazine, Volume 14:
   • O well, never mind, mother, he can have the ‘fatty, fatty, boom-a-latties’ and I will eat the 'petit pois'. They are sweetest. […] 1909, Edith Loring Fullerton, The Lure of the Land, page 58:
2. (slang) An extremely thick joint or blunt of marijuana.

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