shawty

[Jonathan Lighter]

ISTR recall from the early '90s that "shorty" was reported from one of
the nation's most fashionable, style-setting, violent street gangs as
meaning a female associate.

JL



On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Jackie Schmitt <desaparecida at gmail.com> wrote:
>> shawty
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> Clearly, there's no connection between this and "shorty" Hence,
> there's no point in researching the term under its standard spelling.
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