Fattaste

Fattaste is a contemporary slang expression that emerged in the early 2020s within online gaming and streaming communities. The term is a playful blend of “fat” and “tastiest,” and it is used to describe something that is exceptionally appealing or attractive, often in a humorous or affectionate way. While the word can apply to food, fashion, characters, or in‑game items, its most frequent use has been to praise a character’s design, a character’s abilities, or a snack that fits an overall theme of indulgence.

The earliest recorded online mentions appear in discussion threads on Reddit and Discord servers dedicated to massively multiplayer online role‑playing games (MMORPGs). Gamers would tag a particularly well‑designed boss or avatar as “fattaste” to compliment both the aesthetic weight and the sheer visual impact. In newer usage, the word has travelled beyond gaming to broader internet subcultures, often in memes and short video clips where a towering figure or an oversized prop is introduced with the line “That’s what I call fattaste.”

Because fattaste is a neologism, it is not entered in any major dictionary, although it appears in several online lexicons that catalog evolving slang. The word is considered informal and should be used primarily in casual conversation or social media posts rather than formal writing. In culture studies of digital media, fattaste is cited as an example of how online communities quickly co‑create and popularize neologisms to convey shared enthusiasm and playful exaggeration.