Meaning & use

fab

adjective·Everyday

Excellent or wonderful; an informal shortening of fabulous, used especially in British English.

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We had a fab time at the beach despite the cloudy weather.

She said the new hairstyle looked absolutely fab on him.

A note on using this word

Fab is casual slang, popularized in Britain during the 1960s, and best kept to informal speech rather than formal writing.

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