Pooty
adj, adv, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 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 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?"
- 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..."
- 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."
- 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
Possibly a shortening of poontang.
Representing a dialectal or colloquial pronunciation of pretty. Compare purty. The adverb is derived from the adjective.
Uncertain. Possibly from pooty (“pretty”), although that term is attested slightly later.
Clipping of Pootin + -y.
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