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roastie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɹəʊsti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɹoʊsti/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (slang) A roast potato.
   • […] I keep quiet when Billie piles the roasties on my plate, scoffing everything put in front of me. 2013, Niven Govinden, Graffiti My Soul, page 64:
   • 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. 2008, Becky Thorn, School Dinners:
   • Miriam gave a squawk of dismay as she lifted the lid off the potatoes. 'How are the roasties doing?' 2015, Patricia Scanlan, Mirror, Mirror:
2. (slang) A roast beef sandwich.
3. (derogatory, qualifier:incel slang, vulgar) A woman, especially a promiscuous one.
   • Defy me and you will regret it, roastie. 2019, S. J. Maher, Social Misconduct, page 151:
   • […] and "Stacy" denotes an attractive "roastie," a promiscuous young woman. 2020, Anne Hendershott, The Politics of Envy, unnumbered page:
   • “Shut the fuck up roastie,” wrote anonymous Twitter users with anime images as their avatars. 2019, Tal Lavin (writing as Talia Lavin), Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, unnumbered page:

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Relateds

roasty