gyatt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Pronunciation spelling of God, in interjectional phrases such as God damn, oh my God, etc., representing African-American Vernacular English.
intj
  1. Goddamn! Wow!
noun
  1. Well-shaped or attractive buttocks, typically of a woman.

Pronunciation

/ɡjæt/ /ɡjɑt/ /ˈɡaɪ.æt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gyatt.wav

Word forms

gyatt gyat gyatts

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God English gyatt Originally an AAVE pronunciation of God, most likely from the interjection, “Goddamn!” Popularized by YouTuber and Twitch streamer YourRAGE, who in June 2021 started a gag in which he would scream "GYATT" upon seeing an attractive woman's buttocks. In a 2023 video, he stated: Everybody used to say "god damn" or "golly" but I said it weird. I'd always say "gyatt", I would never say "god damn". Chat realized that, and a way of making fun of me in 2020, they started typing "gyatt" to mock me. The gag was subsequently adopted by other YouTubers, including Kai Cenat, resulting in the term being further popularized around early 2023.

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