short king
English
editEtymology
editCoined by American comedian Jaboukie Young-White in a tweet on 4 July 2018.[1]
Noun
editshort king (plural short kings)
- (informal, endearing) A man of short stature.
- 2024 March 21, Rebecca Shaw, “I will never understand heterosexual dating culture’s obsession with height. Just get a footstool!”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- We had a period where you couldn’t move without hearing about “short kings”, although I’m not sure how many Queens actually put that into practice in their real lives.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Adrienne Matei (2019 June 21) “In praise of short men: will the rise of ‘short kings’ spell the fall of toxic masculinity?”, in The Guardian[3]