short eyes

English

Etymology

Probably from have eyes for (“have a romantic interest in”) + short (“not tall”).

Noun

short eyes (plural short eyes)

1. (prison slang) A child molester.
   • 1974, New York Magazine, volume 7, number 23, page 76:

     Kauffmann pointed out that when the prisoners forget their racial and personal differences and, with the connivance of a white guard, kill the white man they all hate because he is a "short eyes" (prison slang for a child molester)

   • 2019, Helen Epstein, Joe Papp: An American Life:

     Set in the day room of a house of detention, the play's chain of violent events is set in motion by the introduction of a young white child molester, a “short eyes,” into their group.