gyatt

English

Alternative forms

gyat

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:^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pronunciation

(UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɡjæt/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɡjɑt/
IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɪ.æt/ (humorous spelling pronunciation, nonstandard)
IPA^(key): /dʒiːtʰ/ (humorous spelling pronunciation, nonstandard)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -æt, -ɑːt

Proper noun

gyatt

Pronunciation spelling of God, representing African-American Vernacular English (in interjectional phrases such as God damn, oh my God, etc.).
- 2009 January 15, @azzman, Twitter‎^[3], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  i say gyat dayum this coheed album is awesome!!! and im only on the 2nd track!
- 2011 November 5, @YoFrenMorty, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  GYATT DAMN I'm Hungry!!!!!!!
- 2011 November 23, @BowserJunior, Twitter‎^[5], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  Oh gyat. That's the worst jelly ever.
- 2012 January 18, @NICKIMINAJ, Twitter‎^[6], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  TM is like the Gyat damn secret service yo for real!!! Smh... *rolls eyes mad ratchet like*
- 2012 April 4, @kevlarX, Twitter‎^[7], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  Thank gyat fo Twitter when I'm just sittin around at work #waiting
- 2013 November 30, @FarizalKhusnul, Twitter‎^[8], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  What should I do move?? Kick out ?? Work or just stay on my damned collage this is hard! Bad very bad condition!! Oh my gyatt

Interjection

gyatt

(originally African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) Goddamn! Wow!
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wow
- 2016 April 21, @qxeenashlehh, Twitter‎^[9], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  oomf looked so good today gyatt 😍
- 2019 December 22, @ULCatering, Twitter‎^[10], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  Gyatt dawg that's just mean.
- 2020 December 13, @FRANKLI58887299, Twitter‎^[11], archived from the original on 13 October 2023:
  Every time I see this picture I just imagine the things I would do to that body GYATT

Usage notes

In modern slang usage, typically yelled upon seeing an attractive and curvy woman.

Noun

gyatt (plural gyatts)

(This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) (Internet slang) Well-shaped or attractive buttocks, typically of a woman.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks
- 2023 September 4, u/A, “(post title)”, in Reddit‎^[12], r/teenagers, archived from the original on 14 October 2023:
  Do oats actually give you a gyatt?
- 2023 September 10, u/yeetfeetwolfie, “💀”, in Reddit‎^[13], r/Zoomerchanone, archived from the original on 14 October 2023:
  what's he complaining for? he gets to look at gyatts for an hour or so (idk how long a volleyball game lasts)
- 2023 October 12, @rollercodezter, Twitter‎^[14], archived from the original on 14 October 2023:
  Yo mama sooo skibidi that when I told her I was the rizzler she stuck her gyatt out
- 2023 October 12, @ThatBoyD_, Twitter‎^[15], archived from the original on 14 October 2023:
  We here for that gyatt, ain't nobody tryna listen to them songs
- 2024 January 1, Maura Judkis, “The List: What is in and out for 2024”, in Washington Post, page C1:
  [Out:] Mega yachts [In:] Mega gyatt

References

^ YourRAGE (2023 June 4) “THE ONLY DEFINITION OF #GYATT 😒 #gyat #gyatttttttt”, in YouTube‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 October 2023
^ “Gyat / Gyatt”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007
^ Kawter Abed (2023 April 24) “What does gyatt mean on TikTok?”, in Dexerto‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-05-20: “The phrase was first used by YouTuber and Twitch streamer YourRAGE, who would say the term whenever he saw someone curvy pop up during his streams.”
^ "gyatt" on Google Trends.