cutie patootie

Noun

cutie patootie (plural cutie patooties)

1. (US, slang) An adorable and attractive person.
   • Early mornings are best approached as late nights in the toddler-training arena, especially if it's still dark outside. Explain, in ten words or less, that it's still sleep time and that Cutie Patootie needs to go back to bed for more rest.1999 February, Vicki Iovine, “Sleepy Time”, in The Girlfriends’ Guide to Toddlers […] (A Perigee Book), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 181
   • The British import Get Real (directed by Simon Shore) is the love story of two classmates—outcast Steven (total cutie patootie Ben Silverstone, above left with Charlotte Brittain) and Big Man on Campus John (Brad Gorton).1999 May, Marc S. Malkin, “Preview (Film): To Live and Love in the ‘So-called’ Years”, in James Collard, editor, Out, New York, N.Y.: Out Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 86

   Synonyms:

   cutie pie