hottie
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See also: Hottie
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hot + -ie. Sense “stolen vehicle” perhaps from hot-wired.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒ.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔ.ti/, /ˈhɑ.ti/, [ˈhɔ.ɾi], [ˈhɑ.ɾi]
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophone: haughty (cot–caught merger)
- Rhymes: -ɒti
Noun
[edit]hottie (plural hotties)
- (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot.
- (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.
- Synonym: fittie
- 1999, Adam Herz, directed by Paul Weitz, American Pie, spoken by Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott):
- You guys are pathetic. I'm gonna find myself a little hottie.
- 2023 October 23, Elias Visontay, “Junior public servants allegedly made ‘hotties list’ that ranked female colleagues, Senate hears”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Junior public servants in the Department of Infrastructure and Transport’s graduate program allegedly compiled a “hotties list” which rated female colleagues’ attractiveness.
- (informal, originally Australia, New Zealand) A hot water bottle.
- (informal, originally Australia, New Zealand) A stolen vehicle.
- Synonyms: stovec, stolen, steamer, dinger, ringer
- Don’t leave your hottie in front of my house eah.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Translations
[edit]slang: sexually attractive person
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informal: hot-water bottle — see hot water bottle
Further reading
[edit]- “hotty, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
- “hottie n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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