short stuff

See also: shortstuff

English

Alternative forms

• shortstuff

Noun

short stuff (uncountable)

1. (informal, sometimes derogatory) Term of address for a child or small person.
   • 1986, Craig Shaw Gardner, A Multitude of Monsters:

     Snarks cut in. "I know all about that sort of thing! And I can tell a demon from a phantom as well as the next magical creature!"
     "Yes," the Brownie replied. "But did you?"
     "Listen, short stuff!" Snarks was shouting now.

   • 2002, Sandra Steffen, Day by Day:

     "Okay, short stuff," he said upon reaching the kitchen table where they'd started. "Time for bed. You too, Grace."

2. (cricket) Deliveries that bounce relatively far from the batsman or batswoman.