fotay or forty is slang for the 40 ounce bottle containing malt liquor which is beer fortified with grain alcohol. Claims have been made that malt liquor such as Colt 45, Schlitz Malt Liquor, and Old English were targeted specifically at the black community. This was supported by the nature of the ad campaigns which used such black sexual idols as Billy Dee Williams posing with a bevy of beautiful black women with the tag line "It works every time" implying it was useful in seducing women. He has recently reappeared in the commercial, that depicts him in the original 1980's clip and now 40 years later with the tag line A true original doesn't need to change a thing...it works every time.
40 or fotay has become stylish with the number displayed prominently on the labels of the bottles.
40 or fotay has become stylish with the number displayed prominently on the labels of the bottles.
by Toryu88 January 3, 2021
Get the fotay or 40mug. A day celebrated in South Africa marking the last 40 days of the matric’s High school career. The festivities lasts from 05:00-14:00 and include chaos, mayhem and laughter. This day should be totally unproductive and a day in which matrics get the chance to build their best - and some of their last - good school memories before entering the sad world of taxes and actual hard work.
by Chikachikapowwow August 6, 2025
Get the 40 Daysmug. by Susextrovert November 18, 2021
Get the cum in 40 secondsmug. by barnstormer January 27, 2023
Get the bust down 40mug. 
by roawruwu July 31, 2018
Get the 40mug. I'm not 40. I'm 33.
Hym "But you know what? I looked up my name and there was another me running around and HE was 40. So I don't know if my identity has been stolen in the conventional sense as well but yeah... I survived longer then Jesus! I'm like the ultimate Jesus."
by Hym Iam February 25, 2025
Get the 40mug.