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Definition:
A person who has great wealth and power; a tycoon.
Example:
1) Many of the city's fat cats eat at that steak restaurant on First Avenue. 2) Those fat cats in Washington are going to keep pressuring Congress to pass the tax bill.
2) Those fat cats in Washington are going to keep pressuring Congress to pass the tax bill.
Etymology:
This term comes from the 1920s, when it was used to describe wealthy contributors to American political parties.
Synonyms:
big shot
24/7
Ace
Afro
Airhead
All ears
All-nighter
An arm and a leg
Ants in your pant
Armpit
At the end of your rope
Average Joe
Axe
Back burner
Back on your feet
Back seat driver
Back to the drawing board
Bad mouth
Baked
Ballpark figure
Basket case
Behind bars
Bender
Big house
Blow chunks
Blow off steam
Blow it
B. O
Boozehound
Bounce
Brewski
Bump off
Burnt out
Bust digits
Butts
Buy the farm
Catch some z's
Chic
Chick
Chicken
Chow
Cold feet
Couch potato
Crash
Creep
Crib
Croak
Cut a deal
Cut and dry
Da bomb
Dicey
Dinasour
Dis
Ditch
DOA
Doctor
D'oh
Doormat
Downer
Drag queen
Dressed to kill
Dump
Early bird
Eat lead
Eats
Egghead
Excess baggage
Fall for
Fam
Fast food
Fat cat
Feed the meter
Five o'clock shadow
Fore
Freak
Fuzz
Ghetto Blaster
Gibberish
Gig
Glam
Glued to your seat
Go bananas
Go off the deep end
Goat
Go postal
Goody two-shoes
Goner
Grass
Green Thumb
Grub
Gumshoe
Guts
Hang out
Hard as nails
Has-been
Have a prayer
Have a screw loose
Have eyes for
Haywire
Head doctor
High five
High roller
Hillbilly
Hit the road
Hit the spot
Hog
Hole in the wall
Homey
Hoodie
Hoodlum
Hooked
Hottie
Hung up on
Hush hush
Hype
Icky
Idiot box
Iffy
In a bind
In a funk
In someone's hair
In the doghouse
In the slammer
Jane Doe
Jerk
Jock
Jump ship
Jumpy
Junk food
Kick your ass
Klutz
Knocked-up
Know it all
Knuckle sandwich
Kooky
La la land
Love handles
Low life
Luck of the draw
Lush
Mosey along
Mp3
Mug
Mystery meat
Nailed
Nerd
No-brainer
Not my cup of tea
Nuke
On cloud nine
On the same wavelength
One foot in the grave
Out like a light
Outta here
Pack heat
Pass out
Peace out
Phat
Pig out
Pipe down
Pitch in
Pot
Premed
Psyched
Pump iron
Good sport
Raise the roof
Ride shotgun
Road rage
Roll out the red carpet
Rookie
Rug rat
Run a fever
Sad
Score
Screw up
See ya
Shoot hoops
Sitting duck
Snail mail
Space cadet
Spork
Square
Stool pigeon
Stink to high heaven
Street pizza
Sugar daddy
Sweet tooth
Tag along
Threesome
Throw the book at
Ticker
Tightie-whities
The grapevine
Too hot to handle
Tripping
Uncle Sam
Up for grabs
Up your sleeve
Veg out
Vent
VIP
Walking on eggshells
Watered down
Welch
Wig out
Wimp
Wishy washy
Wrong side of the tracks
Wuss
Yadda yadda yadda
Yap
Yawner
Yellow
Zillionaire
Zone out
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