shawty
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɔːti/,
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑti/,
Audio (US): (file) - Homophones: shotty (cot–caught merger); shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)
Noun
shawty (plural shawties)
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, hip-hop) Alternative form of shorty (“young woman, girlfriend”)
- 2003, Ebony, page 34:
- These are the things that separate a date from a fiancee, a shawty from a wife, a one-night stand from a lifetime commitment.
- 2006, Nikki Turner, Chunichi, Roy Glenn, Girls from Da Hood:
- Look, I had to pay the shawties that helped me, and after I paid them, yo' cut is thirty-two grand.
- 2008, Gucci Mane (lyrics and music), “Bachelor Pad”, in The Movie:
- Shawty wanna stay in my bachelor pad / But I'm a bachelor and I'm happy
- 2009, Marie Antionette, A Girl Named Job
- My first affair was with my shawty, Baby Boy. I called him that because he was the oldest of two siblings, but his Mama treated him like her baby boy!
Pronoun
shawty
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) she or her.
- Shawty bad.
- 2020 October 9, “What You Know Bout Love”, performed by Pop Smoke:
- Shawty go joggin' every mornin'