playa hata

A form of player hater — One who resents another person's success.

Meanings

nounplaya hata (plural playa hatas)

plural playa hatas

  1. alternativedialectalslangAlternative form of player hater

    Thugs, scrubs, bitches, faggots, playa-hatas, and other dandies rule the streets.

    2004, Steven G. Fullwood, Funny, page 27
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    KRS and Rakim think they're the best just because they're old school, and RASS KASS CAN KISS MY ASS. All these playa hatas need to realize that business is more important than music. And Lil Kim and Foxy Brown are strong women who are confident with their sexuality. Keep doing your thing, girl.

    1998 March 6, Tim Brown:, “JD has mad skillz”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet)

    Yep. Hey, you need to kick that "the anime sucks" crap to the curb, girlfriend. Stop bein' a playa hata.

    2000 April 18, PmChivas, “Manga questions”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet)

    Melvin, a playa hata from the 60s, probably suffered an inferiority complex relative to his more famous younger brother, banned me from campus, but I called my friend Odell Johnson who was president of the college.

    2005, Marvin X, Wish I Could Tell You the Truth, Essays, page 29

    Yup, you know, I'm a playa hata," declares Beth, a young married mother from North Carolina.

    2007, Wendy Shalit, Girls Gone Mild, Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good, page 66

    A playa hata would be someone who is envious and hates on the playa because they desire the characteristics of a playa but don't have them.

    2010, Collin Craig, Da' Art of Story Tellin', Black Masculine Literacies and a Rhetoric of Self-making, page 68
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