British slang nickname for the Isle of Thanet, the northeastern tip of Kent, England. The name plays on Thanet's perceived insularity and distinctiveness from the rest of England — as if it occupies its own world. Used both affectionately by locals and satirically by outsiders. The Isle of Thanet includes towns like Margate, Ramsgate, and Broadstairs.
He'd grown up on Planet Thanet and still thought of it as its own separate universe from the rest of the county.
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(UK, slang) The Isle of Thanet.
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