roastie

English

Etymology

From roast +‎ -ie. The Internet slang sense likens a (promiscuous) woman's vulva to the filling of a roast beef sandwich.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊsti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊsti/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

roastie (plural roasties)

1. (slang) A roast potato.
   • 2008, Becky Thorn, School Dinners:

     My dad made crispy, rough-edged roasties lovingly cooked in beef dripping but I perversely much preferred the drier, soak-up-the-gravy ones we had at school.

   • 2013, Niven Govinden, Graffiti My Soul, page 64:

     […] I keep quiet when Billie piles the roasties on my plate, scoffing everything put in front of me.

   • 2015, Patricia Scanlan, Mirror, Mirror:

     Miriam gave a squawk of dismay as she lifted the lid off the potatoes.
     'How are the roasties doing?'

2. (slang) A roast beef sandwich.
3. (vulgar, derogatory, incel slang) A woman, especially a promiscuous one.
   • 2019, Talia Lavin, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, unnumbered page:

     “Shut the fuck up roastie,” wrote anonymous Twitter users with anime images as their avatars.

   • 2019, S. J. Maher, Social Misconduct‎^[1], page 151:

     Defy me and you will regret it, roastie.

   • 2020, Anne Hendershott, The Politics of Envy, unnumbered page:

     […] and "Stacy" denotes an attractive "roastie," a promiscuous young woman.

See also

• roasty

Anagrams

• Orăștie, otaries, triaose, osteria, areítos