shiesty

comparative shiestier · comparative more shiesty · superlative shiestiest · superlative most shiesty · alternative sheisty · alternative shystie · alternative shysty

1. USslangShifty, untrustworthy, unscrupulous.

   The same sheisty cats that you hang with and do your thang with / Could set you up and wet you up nigga, peep the language

   1998, “Moment of Truth”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr

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   Muddah had been smart to warn me to flip my bank. My baby had never trusted his ass. I knew she would die before she let this shiesty niggah get his grimy fingers on a single dime of my money.

   2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 301

plural shiesties · alternative sheisty · alternative shystie · alternative shysty

1. slangAfrican-American VernacularA black ski mask or balaclava.

   In Shiesty's hometown of Memphis, the ski masks are nicknamed "Shiestys" and one store has gone as far as banning the wearing of them inside of their store. ¶ "Please remove all Shiesty's^([sic]) before entering," reads the sign on the door of the establishment.

   2022 January 7, Sha Be Allah, “Pooh Shiesty Incites Ski Mask Trend, Prompts "Shiesty Mask" Ban”, in The Source, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023

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   Similar rhetoric made its way into our mayoral race as candidates and community members also began to conflate masks and violent crime. Some public-policy wonks in the region have argued that City Council should ban the shiesty because "we see young men committing violent crimes while wearing these masks."

   2023 June 1, Ernest Owens, “Banning "Shiesty" Ski Masks on SEPTA Won't Reduce Crime”, in Philadelphia, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023

   Clearly, there is a lot of support for a ski mask ban. "If I see a guy with a Shiesty, I assume he's got a gun," David Fisher, president of the National Black Police Association, Greater Philadelphia chapter, an advocacy organization for Black officers, told me recently.

   2023 July 6, Jenice Armstrong, quoting David Fisher, “SEPTA and stores are banning ski masks. But will that have any affect on crime?”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, P.A.: The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2023

2. A person that is untrustworthy, selfish, deceitful and in some cases heartless.