shawty

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔːti/, [ˈʃɔːɾi]
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑti/, [ˈʃɑɾi]

• Audio (US):

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• Homophones: shotty (cot–caught merger); shoddy (cot–caught merger, flapping)

Noun

shawty (plural shawties)

1. (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

1. (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'

Anagrams

• swathy