yes, urban dictionary, meaning # 7 here (scrolling down of course)<br><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=short">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=short</a><br><br><div class="definition">"Short was used long before there were compact
cars. It goes back to at least the Forties on the Southside of Chicago.
It means ANY car. It was from the vernacular of hotrodders and black
gangsters. It probably derives from "hot short", which evolved to
"hotwire" ... a car. </div><div class="example">Get your short and let's go for a ride.</div>Here Slothrop is referring to his car as "my old short". Is there any special meaning of the word "short" I am not aware here?"<br>
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