short eyes

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short eyes

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

noun short eyes

slang A child molester. 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)

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"short eyes." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/short%20eyes. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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short eyes. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/short%20eyes

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"short eyes." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/short%20eyes.

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@misc{short_eyes_2026,
  title = {short eyes},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/short%20eyes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}