batty rider

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

batty rider (plural batty riders)

1. (Jamaica, US, Canada, British) extremely short shorts worn by women, so as to expose part of the buttocks

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Compound of batty +‎ rider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatɪ ˈraɪda/

Noun

batty rider (plural batty rider dem, quantified batty rider)

1. booty shorts, batty rider, hot pants

   Yuh a wear batty rider wid yuh drop dung batty jaw. It look cayliss bad.

   You're wearing booty shorts with a sagging butt. It looks sloppy.

   • 2015, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (in English), →ISBN, page 122:

     “F8, 26 August 2001 batty rider(s) noun a very short and skimpy skirt or fashion shorts worn to expose as much as they conceal JAMAICA From BATTY (the buttocks). • By this time she had started to peel off her top and was unzipping her batty […] ”

See also

• pum pum printer
• punny printer

References

• batty rider – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary