Fabs

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of Fab Four

Proper noun

Fabs

1. (informal) the Beatles.
   • 1995, Henry W Sullivan, The Beatles with Lacan: rock 'n' roll as requiem for the modern age

     At one time the Fabs told the press that: "Show business belongs to the Jews...

   • 1998, Patrick Humphries, The complete guide to the music of the Beatles, Volume 2

     ...the madness which surrounded the Fabs at the height of Beatlemania.

   • 2002, Shawn Levy, Ready, steady, go!: the smashing rise and giddy fall of Swinging London

     Still, Mick and the boys couldn't resist striving after whatever the Beatles attempted first, even when the Fabs flopped.