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General Slang
shantay, you stay
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RuPaul's phrase telling the lip-sync winner she's safe.
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The reprieve. After a lip sync for your life, RuPaul tells the queen who survives 'shantay, you stay', the verdict that she lives to compete another week. 'Shantay' is borrowed flair (a nod to 'enchanté' / French chic) that softens the blade. The relief half of the show's most famous coin-flip.
“I've made my decision. Shantay, you stay.”
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shantay, you stay In A Sentence
I've made my decision. Shantay, you stay.
Origin & Usage
A RuPaul's Drag Race catchphrase; 'shantay' echoes 'enchanté' and the gambling/illusion sense of getting to remain. Paired with its opposite, 'sashay away'.
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