hamfat

English

/ˈhamfat/

noun

Definitions

(US) A black person.
(US) Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician.
(US) A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter.

Etymology

Compound from English ham (actor of low grade, region back of the knee joint, overacting inferior performer, incompetent pugilist) + English fat (vat, vessel, container).

Origin

English

fat

Gloss

vat, vessel, container

`Kanji`

器

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

antifat English
backfat English
bodyfat English
butter-ham English
butterfat English
deathfat English
defat English
dryfat English
fat English
fat arrow English
fat bike English
fat-assed English
fat-buttocked English
fat-shame English
fat-tailed English
fatassed English
fatback English
fatberg English
fatburger English
fatbutt English
fatface English
fatfuck English
fatgraph English
fathead English
fatheaded English
fatless English
fatlike English
fatling English
fatliquoring English
fatly English
fatmisia English
fatmobile English
fatness English
fatphobe English
fatphobia English
fatphobic English
fatshit English
fatsome English
fatsploitation English
fatstock English
fatsuit English
fatten English
fattie English
fattish English
fattism English
fattist English
fatty English
fatware English
fatwood English
ham English
ham-fisted English
hambeast English
hambone English
hamese English
hamfest English
hamlike English
hammy English
hamshackle English
hamstring English
marrowfat English
milkfat English
nonfat English
overfat English
superfat English
unfat English
winterfat English
ハム Japanese
fat Middle English
hamme Middle English
แฮม Thai
ham Cebuano
햄 Korean
fatu Sranan Tongo