Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cutesy-poo en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From cutesy + -poo (“forming affectionate, playful diminutives”).

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, often) Overly or unpleasantly cute.
    • Ms. O'Mara nods. "I played Tessie. 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:
    • '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:
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more cutesy-poo Degree=Cmp lexicographic
cutesypoo alternative lexicographic
most cutesy-poo Degree=Sup lexicographic

cutesy-poo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From cutesy + -poo (“forming affectionate, playful diminutives”).

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, often) A cutesy-poo person or thing.
    • "Well, I'm not the same little cutesy-poo that Margaret Bascuino was," Margi railed. Her chest stuck out and her behind wriggled. 2002, K Spirito, Time Has a Way, San Jose, C.A. […]: Writer's Showcase, →ISBN, page 210:
    • 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:
    • 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 freedom?" 1976, Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Boston, M.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 160:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cutesypoo alternative lexicographic
cutesy-poos Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

cutie patootie · cutie pie