shorty

Or short·ie

[shawr-tee]

noun

plural

shorties 

1. a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).

2. a garment designed to be of short length, as a hospital bed jacket.

3. Slang.,  Also shawty

   1. a girl or woman.

      We watched the shorties on the dance floor, all lookin' so fine.

   2. a girlfriend or sweetheart.

      Me and my shorty went to that new club over on Ninth last night; what a scene!

adjective

1. noting a garment designed to be of short length.

   a shorty nightgown; shorty pajamas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shorty¹

First recorded in 1905–10; short + -y ²

Example Sentences

You’d agreed to the show, and you came in like your character from “Get Shorty.”

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Way before “Get Shorty,” I would just come in and everybody would be looking at their menus, and I would just look at the menu right away and just say a half a dozen things and everybody would look at me like, “You’re ordering everything on the menu!”

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And it was “Get Shorty” that really kind of locked in for me.

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But there was something so idiosyncratic about the “Get Shorty” character and unpredictable that we’re like, “Oh, if we can tap into that ...” I think it took us a couple seasons to do it, and then it felt like kismet that you sort of came into that meeting like that guy.

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Or shorty was going crazy, and she had the fire fit on.

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