cutesy-poo
cutesy-poo adjective: overly or unpleasantly cute.
Adjective
cutesy-poo (comparative more cutesy-poo, superlative most cutesy-poo)
- Overly or unpleasantly cute.
- However, wandering the streets for a while, I saw nothing that looked like dwarf work, even in the tourist shops, just the usual cutesypoo wooden figures.1999, Poul Anderson, Operation Luna, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 178
- 'Our Little House'? Isn't that a little cutesy-poo for a safe house, Alex?2005, W. E. B. Griffin, The Hostage, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 418
Noun
cutesy-poo (plural cutesy-poos)
- A cutesy-poo person or thing.
- He stood calmly, reducing the material existence of a French cigarette, and observed Jellybean and sisters with an expression of sarcastic amusement. "You pathetic little cutesy-poos," he seemed to say. "Do you actually suppose this exhibition of childish melodrama is advancing the cause of...1976, Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Boston, M.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 160
- I even made it into a New York Times crossword puzzle, and people started saying, 'Erie Mills. Hot new item—isn't she the little cutesy-poo who sang in Candide? Let's get her!' But I want to convince people that I am capable of other roles too, that I'm a serious opera person.1987 December 5, George Heymont, quoting Erie Mills, “Ego Intact”, in Opera News, volume 52, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Opera Guild, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 48
Examples of cutesy-poo in a sentence
- The crybaby orphan." She slips into a cutesy-poo baby doll voice and says, "Oh my goodness!"'2016, James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Jacky Ha-Ha, New York, N.Y. […]: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 184:
- "You pathetic little cutesy-poos," he seemed to say.1976, Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Boston, M.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 160:
- "Well, I'm not the same little cutesy-poo that Margaret Bascuino was," Margi railed.2002, K Spirito, Time Has a Way, San Jose, C.A. […]: Writer's Showcase, →ISBN, page 210:
Forms of cutesy-poo
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more cutesy-poo |
| superlative | most cutesy-poo |
| alternative form | cutesypoo |
| Noun | |
| plural | cutesy-poos |
Origin of cutesy-poo
From cutesy + -poo (“forming affectionate, playful diminutives”).
Questions about cutesy-poo
- What does cutesy-poo mean?
- Cutesy-poo means overly or unpleasantly cute.
- How do you use cutesy-poo in a sentence?
- The crybaby orphan." She slips into a cutesy-poo baby doll voice and says, "Oh my goodness!"'
- What part of speech is cutesy-poo?
- Cutesy-poo can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near cutesy-poo in the dictionary
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