booty shorts

plural noun

: very short tight shorts : hot pants
The Georgia native wore a short tangerine dress with sparkly orange booty shorts and white boots …Geoff Herbert
… the dancer wearing a cowboy hat and booty shorts got down to the beat as the crowd around him cheered.Loren Grush

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of booty shorts was in 1996

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“Booty shorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booty%20shorts. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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