Fat City

American  

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.

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fat city Idioms  

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of Fat City

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

In New Orleans, there will be celebrations on Saturday and Sunday at Fat City Park, with two stages and eight bands, as well as a taco-eating contest.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

They performed alongside bands such as Sageworth & Drums and Fat City at places like the P Street Beach, the Sylvan Theater and Emergency, a club in Georgetown.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2019

The next day Mr. Gardner takes me to the Fat City Boxing Club, run by his old friend Yaqui Lopez, a former light-heavyweight title contender and member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

From New York Times • May 30, 2017

He spent time with celebrities, including actor Peter O'Toole and playfully sparred with director John Huston, whose boxing movie, Fat City, was screened with both Ali and Lewis in attendance.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2016