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shawty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈʃɑti/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • [ˈʃɑɾi] (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈʃɔːti/
  • [ˈʃɔːɾi]

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, qualifier:chiefly African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of shorty (“young woman, girlfriend”).
    alt of shorty
    • 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:
    • 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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shawty en · PRON

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈʃɑti/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • [ˈʃɑɾi] (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈʃɔːti/
  • [ˈʃɔːɾi]

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) she or her.
    • Shawty go joggin' every mornin' 2020 October 9, “What You Know Bout Love”, performed by Pop Smoke:
    • Shawty bad.