botty

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒ.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.ti/

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• Rhymes: -ɒti
• Hyphenation: bot‧ty

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn

Proto-Germanic *butmaz

Proto-West Germanic *botm

Old English botm

Middle English botme

English bott(om)

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English botty

From bott(om) + -y.

Noun

botty (plural botties)

1. (UK, childish, slang) Bottom.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks

   • 2010, Zorba Tocks, The Taming of the Twins and a Selection of Illustrated Limericks:

     There once was a soft luscious botty,
     That was spanked very hard and a lotty.
     Until one day,
     In the month of May,
     It was black and blue and looked grotty.

Derived terms

• botty bandit
• botty burp

Related terms

• booty

Etymology 2

From bot + -y.

Adjective

botty (comparative more botty, superlative most botty)

1. (informal, rare, computing) Resembling a bot (automated software process); botlike.

   That email seemed pretty botty; it probably shouldn't be trusted.

Noun

botty (plural botties)

1. (informal, rare, computing) A term of address for a bot.

   Bye bye, botty.

Etymology 3

Compare boot and booting for shoot and shooting, respectively.

Noun

botty (plural botties)

1. (MLE, slang) Alternative form of shotty and dotty (“shotgun”).
   • 2017 August 4, “Sticks and Stones”‎^[1]performed by Zone 2 (Kwengface x Trizzac x PS):

     Sticks and Stones may break my bones / Not when I back this botty

   • 2019 May 21, “Can’t Rate” (0:46 from the start), Yanko (7th) (lyrics)‎^[2]:

     If Kizz step with a botty / You know it's packed with two big cylinders

   • 2020 October 17, “Ying Yang”, performed by #TNB MA x Mighty1 x Di, 1:48 and from 2:55:

     Stepped in a rave with ying and yang, that’s me and bro with the botties / Ride around in the back of a cab, that’s me and this thing from Tottie

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

botty (comparative more botty, superlative most botty)

1. (slang, archaic) Conceited, swaggering.
   • 1834, anonymous author, Barnadiston: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century, volume 2, page 88:

     […] and folk do say he be very fond on her; but for my part, I has I a better opinion o' Mistress Alice, than to allow she can take up with sich a dangerous-looking, botty man as Lieutenant Biddulph be's.

   • 2010, J. A. Noble, The Lime Walk, page 115:

     Such a nasty biggoty-botty man, 'e were, tew. Us 'eard 'im, more'n once, puttin' on 'is parts with young mistress Mary Emma. But 'twere Wade Southwood 'eared yer bumbaistin' t' maister that day!

References

• [John Camden Hotten] (1859), “BOTTY”, in A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC.

Further reading

• “botty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.