fabe
English
Etymology
Probably an expansion of fab.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪb/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
fabe (comparative faber, superlative fabest)
- (Polari) Fantastic; great.
- 2002, Paul Baker, Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men, page 143:
- Vada well: zhooshed riah, the shyckle mauve, full slap, rouge for days, fake ogle riahs, fortuni cocktail and mother's fabest slingbacks.
See also
- kayfabe (etymologically unrelated)
References
- ^ Paul Baker (25 May 2004), Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN