cutesy-poo
- adjective
- /ˈkjuːtsi puː/
- Informal
:
excesivamente lindo
- She wore a cutesy-poo outfit with lots of bright colors and frills.
Examples
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His behavior became increasingly cutesy-poo as he tried to impress his friends.
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You pathetic little cutesy-poos.
Fiction book (1993) -
The decorations for the party were so cutesy-poo that they made everyone giggle.
Synonyms
170
3.1
Trying to be charming in a way that feels false
165
4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
56
4.6
Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card
23
7.0
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
16
7.2
To try to seem very sweet and childish in a fake way
9
8.3
Showing tender affection in public or toward someone close
8
8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
6
7.0
Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly
6
8.1
Cute and cheerful in a way that makes people smile
5
8.3
Being very loving and sweet in a way that feels too romantic
3
8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
2
9.4
Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet
1
5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
1
8.1
Too sweet or emotional in a way that feels false
1
9.9
Being too cute and childish in a sweet, exaggerated way
Too sweet and sentimental in tone or style
Too sweet and emotional so it feels false
Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional
Showing strong, simple feelings in a way that seems fake
Too sentimental and weak in feeling, often seeming false
How Affected
Surface Forms
Morphology
cutesy-poo = cutesy + poo (semi-transparent) = cutesy + poo
Formed by compounding the colloquial adjective 'cutesy' with the childish pet-name 'poo'; the playful intensifying function of '-poo' is not a fully productive or semantically transparent affix for all learners.
Etymology
Cutesy-poo comes from the simple word cute plus playful, baby-like endings -sy and -poo, like in cutie or sweetie-poo. A helpful way to remember it is that people made the word as a joking, childlike way to make something extra sweet, so cutesy-poo means 'excessively cute' or 'silly in a cute way'.