"shawty" songs

[kewlnonutz]

can someone explain to me the R&B/rap phenomenom of using the word "shawty" in the lyrics of nearly every song?

plies-shawty
tpain-buy you a drank (shawty)
lloyd-get it shawty
i know ive heard a few more, other these recently.

just sayin'...

more on this later. till then, thats all.... thanks

Comments

[scirocco]

1. shorty

affectionate term for a girlfriend, attractive female or concubine.

Yo shorty, it's your birthday
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2. shorty

Originally used to mean a young man, new to the game. By new to the game, I don't mean he just meant a rapper, but he just started selling crack, just started rapping, whatever, but even simpler it was a term used to mean just a person much younger than you.

[kewlnonutz]

ive heard it used on the street... but it just seems like it is used in songs so much more recently. just kind of interesting.

after i posted this, i checked out urbandictionary to see what it had. its interesting to me that its used much more in atl.. hmm.

[tisiphone]

Slang term (affectionate, usually) for "girlfriend". My boyfriend calls me that sometimes, which makes me laugh, because he's the whitest male ever to use the term. Not even sure where he picked it up, since the only R&B or rap he listens to, as far as I can tell, predates common use of the term.