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cutesy-wootsy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌkjutsiˈwutsi/ (General-American)

Etymology

Reduplication from cutesy; compare fuzzy-wuzzy, palsy-walsy.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal, mildly) Cute in an affected or excessive way.
   • […] our pink ladies seem to think we’d like nothing but cutesy-wootsy cards with soppy messages and pictures of kittens and babies in rompers […] 1995, Corinne Holt Sawyer, chapter 8, in Ho-Ho Homicide, New York: D. I. Fine, page 79:
   • Why didn’t I marry the girl? Well, there was her cutesy-wootsy boarding school argot, for one. Couldn’t bear it. “Barf” for vomit, “ticked off” for angry, “a howl” for funny, “crackers” for crazy, “teeny” for tiny. 1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 233:

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