Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roastie

/ˈɹoʊsti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: roastie
IPA: /ˈɹoʊsti/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A roast potato.

Slang

noun

A roast beef sandwich.

Slang

noun

A woman, especially a promiscuous one.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"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."
"[…] I keep quiet when Billie piles the roasties on my plate, scoffing everything put in front of me."
"Miriam gave a squawk of dismay as she lifted the lid off the potatoes. 'How are the roasties doing?'"
"“Shut the fuck up roastie,” wrote anonymous Twitter users with anime images as their avatars."
"Defy me and you will regret it, roastie."
"[…] and "Stacy" denotes an attractive "roastie," a promiscuous young woman."

Etymology

From roast + -ie. The Internet slang sense likens a (promiscuous) woman's vulva to the filling of a roast beef sandwich.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: roast

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹoʊsti/
British English: /ˈɹəʊsti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

roasties (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

roasty

Questions

How do you pronounce roastie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹoʊsti/.
What does roastie mean?: A roast potato.
Where does roastie come from?: From roast + -ie. The Internet slang sense likens a (promiscuous) woman's vulva to the filling of a roast beef sandwich.

How to pronounce roastie

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