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(sh-taa-tz) A word stemming from New York used most commonly by young Russian males when silencing a woman. It is often yelled while being combined with a backhand gesture or karate chopping motion. Shtats can also be yelled after a serious accomplishment, due to excitement, randomly or to describe something as sick or dope. Shtats also works as a verb: to Shtats or shtatsing.
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