roastie

English

Etymology

roast +‎ -ie. The Internet slang sense is a likening of a women's vulva to the filling of a roast beef sandwich.

Noun

roastie (plural roasties)

1. (slang) A roast potato.
   • 2008, Becky Thorn, School Dinners:

     My dad made crispy, rough-edged roasties lovingly cooked in beef dripping but I perversely much preferred the drier, soak-up-the-gravy ones we had at school.

   • 2013, Niven Govinden, Graffiti My Soul (page 64)

     […] I keep quiet when Billie piles the roasties on my plate, scoffing everything put in front of me.

   • 2015, Patricia Scanlan, Mirror, Mirror:

     Miriam gave a squawk of dismay as she lifted the lid off the potatoes.
     'How are the roasties doing?'

2. (derogatory, Internet slang, vulgar) A woman, especially a promiscuous one.
   • https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/reddit-incels-ban/
   • https://thedebrief.co.uk/style/hair-and-beauty/makeapp-makeup-removal-app/
   • https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyj3yw/how-reddit-is-teaching-young-men-to-hate-women

Usage notes

• Often used as an insult for women by supporters of the incel movement.

See also

• roasty

Anagrams

• areítos, osteria, otaries, triaose