shortstuff

See also: short stuff

English

Noun

shortstuff (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of short stuff.
   • 1996, Allan Frewin Jones, Parent Trouble (Little Sister), Red Fox, →ISBN, page 36:

     ‘Listen, shortstuff,’ Amanda said, ‘this is a crisis situation we have here.’

   • 2009, James W. Davis, Image as Idea: The Arts in Global Cultures, 2nd edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 125:

     Listen shortstuff, you think you’re the best thing to ever happen to mankind, but anyone else would burst out laughing at the sight of you.

   • 2012, Charlie Higson, The Sacrifice, Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 162:

     The Kid leant over and whispered in Sam’s ear, ‘Listen, shortstuff, I don’t always get things. I take the wrong end of the stick sometimes. […]’