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Gyat (/ɡjɑːt/; an abbreviation of Goddamn, also spelled as Gyatt or Gyattt or as Gyyattt, pronounced US: /ɡjɑːt/ⓘ; UK: /ɡjæt/) is a term from African-American Vernacular English originally used in exclamation. In the 2020s, the word experienced a semantic shift and gained the additional meaning of "a person, usually a woman, with large buttocks and sometimes an [[hourglass figure]. Examples: Bro has a Level 10 Gyat That’s So Sigma or as
That Dude has a level 0 Gyat that’s only Legal in Ohio
".[1][2]
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.
— YourRAGE, "THE ONLY DEFINITION OF #GYATT 😒 #gyat #gyatttttttt" (2023)[11]
On October 2, 2023, a TikTok account under the username @ovp.9 posted a short video of a character from the online video game Fortnite "singing" to a musical parody of the 2021 song "ecstacy" by Suicidal-Idol.[12] The parody featured multiple internet culture terms including Skibidi Toilet and Rizz.[13] According to The New York Times, the parody is cited as "a key" to the popularization of Gyat.[5]
Backronyms have been created for the term like "Girl Your Ass Is Thick", "Girl You Ate That", "Get Your Act Together", "Goddamn", among others.[14][15]
Usage
According to Legit.ng, the term is commonly used by "guys when they see a girl, usually with a curvy body type," and can also be used to indicate enthusiasm or excitement.[16]
Gyat is characterized in the media as a term used both by Generation Alpha and Generation Z.[17] However, some members of Generation Z have stated that they do not attribute the term to their cohort.[2] According to The Today Show, the term is used verbally and on messaging platforms such as Discord, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, and YouTube.[6]
Reception and impact
Gyat has been described as one of the early slang terms predominantly popularized by Generation Alpha: according to the New York Post, comments to a viral TikTok video about the term "deemed that Gen Z was out of touch regarding current lingo."[18] Alongside its attribution with Generation Alpha, Gyat has been of interest to digital marketers in consideration of the cohort's emerging consumer consumption.[19] The term was nominated for the American Dialect Society's 2023 Word of The Year.[6][20]