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phatness en · NOUN

Etymology

From phat + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) Fullness, richness, body.
    • He's always telling Beth about the enormity of his next gig and the extraordinary phatness of his latest beats, and to be fair he can drop a good tune. 2013, Exquisite Corpse, or, How Not to Kill Your Neighbours, Blackfriars, →ISBN:
    • But if a sound source is a little thin, and needs some warmth, body, or “phatness,” a tube mic could provide useful “sonic makeup.” 2015, Ian Corbett, Mic It!: Microphones, Microphone Techniques, and Their Impact on the Final Mix, Focal Press, →ISBN, page 76:
    • Once you experience the phatness a bass amp can inject into a signal, […] 2013, Chris Buono, The Guitarist's Guide to Line 6 Studio Tools, Cengage, →ISBN, page 196: