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short eyes

short eyes noun: a child molester.

Noun

short eyes (plural short eyes)

  1. (slang) A child molester.
    • Kauffmann pointed out that when the prisoners forget their racial and personal differences and, with the connivance of a white guard, kill the white man they all hate because he is a "short eyes" (prison slang for a child molester)1974, New York Magazine, volume 7, number 23, page 76
    • Set in the day room of a house of detention, the play's chain of violent events is set in motion by the introduction of a young white child molester, a “short eyes,” into their group.2019, Helen Epstein, Joe Papp: An American Life

Forms of short eyes

pluralshort eyes

Origin of short eyes

Probably from have eyes for (“have a romantic interest in”) + short (“not tall”).

Questions about short eyes

What does short eyes mean?
Short eyes means a child molester.
What part of speech is short eyes?
Short eyes is a noun.
What is the plural of short eyes?
The plural of short eyes is short eyes.

Words near short eyes in the dictionary

  1. short ends of the stick
  2. short ess
  3. short esses
  4. short exact sequence
  5. short exact sequences
  6. short eyes
  7. short fetched
  8. short file name
  9. short file names
  10. short filename
  11. short filenames

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