A phrase of (presumably) Russian origin that is used as an offensive description of a regular office worker. The punch comes from the fact that experienced office workers are completely stripped of their personalities and idiosyncrasies, concerned or interested about nothing outside their comfy cubicles, making their appearance similar to that of plankton - mindless and expressionless creatures at the bottom of food chain left at the mercy of those higher up.
14 yo. George: the last thing I want to become when I grow up is office plankton like my parents - they seem miserable and completely powerless. This sucks!
by Black_Quarterback June 12, 2019
An alternative spelling of 'Fat' that is often used in some game console communities on the Internet to destinguish Larger, or Phat, versions of a particular console from more Compact, or Slim, versions of the same console.
I sold my Phat PSP 1000 and just bought a Slim PSP 3000. Man, it runs so much smoother, though it's coniderably harder to flash.
by Black_Quarterback August 12, 2018
A cool synonym for a violent criminal, popular among non-thugs. The word itself has a much cooler history, and it comes from Hindi "thag", literally meaning "swindler" or "deceiver", and it was used by the British to denote a disorganized group of Indians who worshipped goddess Kali - a violent and most powerful avatar of Shakti who defends the innocent through military prowess and brutality. They committed brutal murders, silent assassinations and theft in her name, mostly against the British. In fairness, many historians question the validity of the British account of thugs, since they might have blown their threat out of proportion just to solidify "Britain strong" image among royal subjects, when in fact they were nothing out of the ordinary.
American "thug": I sit around on my ass all day, high on coke, occasionally mumbling ghostwritten lyrics into the mic to the producer made beat.
Indian THUG: I just strangled the British wife in her sleep, decapitated the father, then kidnapped and sacrificed the daughter to Kali, the goddess of badassery.
Indian THUG: I just strangled the British wife in her sleep, decapitated the father, then kidnapped and sacrificed the daughter to Kali, the goddess of badassery.
by Black_Quarterback October 21, 2020