English

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Noun

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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

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Etymology

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Compound of batty +‎ rider.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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 []

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References

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  • batty rider – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary