cutesy-wootsy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication from cutesy; compare fuzzy-wuzzy, palsy-walsy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjutsiˈwutsi/
Adjective
[edit]cutesy-wootsy (not comparable)
- (informal, mildly derogatory) Cute in an affected or excessive way.
- 1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint[1], New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 233:
- 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.
- 1995, Corinne Holt Sawyer, chapter 8, in Ho-Ho Homicide[2], New York: D. I. Fine, page 79:
- […] 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 […]