Fat City

Or fat city

noun

Slang.

1. an easy and prosperous condition or circumstance.

   With a new house and a better-paying job, she's in Fat City.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fat city¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Idioms and Phrases

Also, Fat City. A condition or circumstance marked by considerable prosperity or having a superior advantage. For example, With that new job she'll be in fat city. [Slang; 1960s] Also see easy street.

Example Sentences

A review on the website “Los Angeles Literature” compared it to Leonard Gardner’s 1970 novel “Fat City,” unsurprisingly, a favorite read of Mathews.

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Fred and I developed a relationship; he wanted me to try out for a part in a movie called “Fat City.”

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Clark: After “Fat City,” I was batting zeros for a year.

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We’re in the early ’70s, so Gordita inevitably suggests a kind of Fat City too, ripe for the plundering of rapacious real estate combines.

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And wouldn’t animals be in fat city with all the roaches named Mitch McConnell bought by Democrats?

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