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swifty

swifty

1 9.9
A quick action or a person who likes the singer Taylor Swift
  • noun
  • /ˈswɪfti/
  • Slang
translation icon : swiftie
  • People can be a Swifty or a Sherlockian or all sorts of other things.

Brian poured his heart out, apparently hoping to stop the Swifty mob from their hideous attacks.

Examples

  • As a dedicated fan, he proudly called himself a swifty and attended every Taylor Swift concert.

  • I mean, that was serious swifty lazar shit.

    King Neptune (1932)

  • "Well, Bobby hon, you have pulled some swifties..."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • You're trying to pull a swifty and I don't much like that.

    Kangaroo Jack (2003)

  • Brian poured his heart out, apparently hoping to stop the Swifty mob from their hideous attacks.

    Megyn Kelly

  • Brian poured his heart out, apparently hoping to stop the Swifty mob from their hideous attacks.

    Megyn Kelly

  • She quickly finished her homework in a swifty manner before heading out to meet her friends.

  • With a swifty update, the team managed to solve the issue without delaying the project.

Synonyms

swiftie
vsswifty
  • Slang
1 9.3

A person who loves Taylor Swift and her music

is an informal slang word rather than a standard fan label

How Fast

rapid
295 1.3
swifty
  • Slang
1 9.9
quick
∞ 1.0
slow
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

swifty singular
swifties plural

Morphology

swifty = swift (semi-transparent) = swift + y

The quickness meaning is compositional, but the informal fan-of-Taylor-Swift reading is a later nickname-like extension that is not fully predictable from the form alone.

Etymology

Swifty as a noun is formed from swift + -y, so it can mean 'a quick thing' or a quick action. A helpful way to remember the fan meaning is that fans of the singer Taylor Swift are called Swifties, and swifty is sometimes used as a casual name for a Taylor Swift fan.