to swap. to
go from ashy to classy. to flip.
Technically, fanute is just the mumbled phrase "from the hoopty coupe" by the rapper French Montana during his verse on the song Stay Schemin' by Rick
Ross and featuring Drake. The line ended up being interpreted by many as "fanute the coupe to that ghost
dawg" Because of the difficulty in deciphering it, fanute has taken on a life of its own but retains the implied meaning from the song, to come up.
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Twitter as the word is very much on the upswing.