Pooty

adj, adv, name, noun, slang

adj, adv, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "Things started to go wrong between the angel and me after Cindy Hacklight showed me her pooty in seventh grade. Cindy had made a sort of cottage industry of showing her pooty to anyone—girl or boy—who would give her five dollars, a large sum back then, before high-school inflation."

  2. 2
    Cepaea nemoralis, one of the most common species of land snail in Europe, with a dark brown lip to its shell. England, Northamptonshire, dialectal

    "Do 'e remember that nest then? and the pooty shells I collected for you, and all our playings?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pretty. dialectal

    "1857, The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, Sally Parson's Duty "Bless your pooty little figger-head, Sally! I don't know as 'tis, but suthin' nigh about as bad is a-comin..."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Pretty (somewhat, fairly). dialectal, not-comparable

    ""Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus — dat's Miss Watson — she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she awluz said she wouldn' sell me down to Orleans."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Vladimir Putin (born 1952), Russian politician who has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999. derogatory, slang

Example

More examples

"Things started to go wrong between the angel and me after Cindy Hacklight showed me her pooty in seventh grade. Cindy had made a sort of cottage industry of showing her pooty to anyone—girl or boy—who would give her five dollars, a large sum back then, before high-school inflation."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Possibly a shortening of poontang.

Etymology 2

Representing a dialectal or colloquial pronunciation of pretty. Compare purty. The adverb is derived from the adjective.

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Possibly from pooty (“pretty”), although that term is attested slightly later.

Etymology 4

Clipping of Pootin + -y.

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