shawty

plural shawties

1. alternativechiefly African-American VernaculardancingAlternative form of shorty (“young woman, girlfriend”).

   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!

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   These are the things that separate a date from a fiancee, a shawty from a wife, a one-night stand from a lifetime commitment.

   2003, Ebony, page 34

   Look, I had to pay the shawties that helped me, and after I paid them, yo' cut is thirty-two grand.

   2006, Nikki Turner, Chunichi, Roy Glenn, Girls from Da Hood

   Shawty wanna stay in my bachelor pad / But I'm a bachelor and I'm happy

   2008, Gucci Mane, “Bachelor Pad”, in The Movie

1. slangAfrican-American Vernacularshe or her.

   Shawty bad.

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   Shawty go joggin' every mornin'

   2020 October 9, “What You Know Bout Love”, performed by Pop Smoke