shorty
noun
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
shorties
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pluralof shorty.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“We didn’t expect to get two shorties, but when you force people and they turn the puck over like they did tonight we’re going to get chances,” Kesler said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
She body-boards 3-footers in shorties breaking over a sandbar off the southern Massachusetts coast.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2012
With the U.K. games looming we shorties are scanning the horizon for future sporty munchkin role models.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2012
Was the distribution of shot times entirely random, or were there any local or global patterns to descry: longies with longies, middies alternating with shorties, etc.?
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010
LeAlan: But the sad thing is that these shorties out here are smart.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
