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Definition of a shorty
shorty
noun
- a female. Origin: hip-hop slang.
Citation from "The Fight", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 13 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Stan Knows Best", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (2005) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: woman, women, female.
Last edited on Nov 03 2011. Submitted by Shantel from Canada on Jun 04 1997.
- a person.
What's up, shorty?
Hey shorty. How are you?
- See more words with the same meaning: dude, person of unspecified gender.
Last edited on May 07 2013. Submitted by Lester D. from Stone Mountain, GA, USA on Dec 30 1999.
- a person younger than one's self.
- See more words with the same meaning: young person.
Last edited on Jul 18 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 18 2003.
- a child.
- See more words with the same meaning: young person.
Last edited on Dec 29 2003. Submitted by Courdan, N. on Dec 29 2003.
- a short person.
Hey shorty. How's the weather down there?
Last edited on Jun 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 09 2010.
- Shorty was used back in the late 60's by pimps in Chicago to indicate their "broads" on the street. The pimps were called "Slims"; the hookers, "Shorties". Always originally used as a term for a girl.
If I was on the avenue and wanted the attention of a broad, then I'd whistle and bark, "say shorty, let me holla at ya".Last edited on Feb 27 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 27 2014.
notes
- Also spelled shawty.
What's up, shawty?
Last edited on Jun 09 2010. Submitted by Lester D. from Stone Mountain, GA, USA on Dec 30 1999.
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Other terms relating to 'dude, person of unspecified gender': | |
| Definitions include: a person who raps. | |
| Definitions include: attendees to an event. | |
| Definitions include: See also the man. | |
| Definitions include: people. | |
| Definitions include: young, semi-hip, web site professionals. Note: usually used in a derogatory manner. | |
| Definitions include: woman. | |
| Definitions include: "you all." | |
| Definitions include: to throw (usually raw) eggs at. | |
| Definitions include: a person. | |
| Definitions include: visitors to a website. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: to swear. | |
| Definitions include: an expert or person one goes to for advice or a paid specialist in a given field. | |
| Definitions include: an elderly person. | |
| Definitions include: a friend. | |
Other terms relating to 'woman, women, female': | |
| Definitions include: a sexually promiscuous member of a sorority. | |
| Definitions include: a woman with an attractive body, but an ugly face. | |
| Definitions include: woman. | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of breezy. | |
| Definitions include: an attractive older woman. | |
| Definitions include: any female who is extremely displeasing to the eye or to one's personal well-being. | |
| Definitions include: an attractive person. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous, flirtatious girl or one who dresses provocatively. | |
| Definitions include: a female who is inattentive or forgetful: "spaced-out." | |
| Definitions include: a person who acts stupid or does something stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive female, usually due to obesity. | |
| Definitions include: vagina. | |
| Definitions include: an imaginary animal that is ugly, skinny, and female. | |
Other terms relating to 'young person': | |
| Definitions include: an under-aged, attractive, promiscuous female. | |
| Definitions include: a young person or child. | |
| Definitions include: a young person. | |
| Definitions include: term of address for a child. | |
| Definitions include: a younger romantic interest. | |
| Definitions include: A young attractive girl. | |
| Definitions include: a sexually attractive or sexually provocative female under the age of sexual consent. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is between being a young child and a teenager. | |
| Definitions include: child. | |
| Definitions include: a young child. | |
| Definitions include: a baby or child. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "funny looking kid", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: small rodent. | |
| Definitions include: young person. | |
| Definitions include: a young person. | |
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| Definitions include: a short person. | |
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