Shawty?? and my yahoo page??

Question

first question: what exactly is a shawty?? cuz i see it all over in songs and then in 'buy u a drank' t-pain says shawty snappin so im confused

also everything in my yahoo page is expanded and bigger i dunno why i tried yahho page setting and narrowing the page doesnt help

Answer 1

a short girl

Answer 2

shawty is usually what ghetto people say to refer to a female...like "yo look at that fine shawty over there"..or "shawty is a ten" which means the female looks good.