What it means
Used to say someone’s seriously attractive, proper head-turning levels. In British slang, if you call someone fit, you mean they look really good, not just that they go gym. It can stretch to someone’s look or overall vibe too, and tone does the heavy lifting if there’s any doubt.
Usage examples
"You clock that new barista at the café by the station? Proper fit, mate. I spilled my flat white trying to act cool, absolute state of me."
"Did you see Sophie's new boyfriend at the wedding in Cornwall, proper fit, she walked in with him and my cousin Karen dropped her glass of prosecco on the dance floor."
"The lifeguard at the Brighton pool was so fit half the gym pretended to need swimming lessons, the manager finally swapped him for a sixty-year-old man with a clipboard."
"That girl behind the decks at the student night was fit, I fully forgot what drink I was trying to order."
"He turned up in that black coat and even my nan went ooh, he’s a fit one, isn’t he?"
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Where it comes from
This meaning comes from the older English word fit meaning healthy, suitable, or in good shape. In British and Irish slang, especially from the late 1900s, it shifted into meaning physically attractive. By the 1990s and 2000s, calling someone fit was a dead common way to say they looked seriously good.
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