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cupcakey en · ADJ

Etymology

From cupcake + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a cupcake.
   • Tart lemon cake with sweet raspberry icing, it was a one-two punch of cupcakey goodness. 2016, Jenn McKinlay, Vanilla Beaned, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 62:
   • It looked so delicious, so real—like if you didn’t see its cupcakey bottom, you’d think it was a salty, slimy, crunchy, breakfast-time egg. 2021, Carter Higgins, Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish, book 1, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 138:
   • […]I ask Sadie after I swallow the last bite of cupcakey goodness. 2016, Jen Malone, Gail Nall, “Lauren”, in You’re Invited Too, Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 215:
2. (informal) Sweet; affectionate; endearing.
   • I’ve always seen couples stroking each other and going all cupcakey and sending text messages every five seconds and stuff, but me and Jason weren’t like that. 2011, C. J. Skuse, Pretty Bad Things, Chicken House, →ISBN, page 12:
   • […]for [Darcey] Steinke, the girl crush is not cute and cupcakey and frothy; it is serious, intense, dangerous and all-consuming. 2014 October 19, Porochista Khakpour, “A girl’s powerful coming of age in the ’70s”, in Los Angeles Times, page E11:
   • You must act cupcakey sweet on the outside. 2014, Barbara Stuber, Girl in Reverse, Margaret K. McElderry Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 44:

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