cutesy-poo
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9.4
- adjective
- /ˈkjuːtsi puː/
- Informal
- 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
147
4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
82
4.6
Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card
25
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
15
3.1
Trying to be charming in a way that feels false
13
8.3
Showing tender affection in public or toward someone close
10
8.3
Being very loving and sweet in a way that feels too romantic
9
8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
7
7.0
Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly
6
8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
4
8.1
Cute and cheerful in a way that makes people smile
2
5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
2
9.4
Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet
1
8.1
Too sweet or emotional in a way that feels false
1
8.6
Too sentimental and weak in feeling, often seeming false
1
7.6
Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake
1
6.8
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
1
9.9
Being too cute and childish in a sweet, exaggerated way
1
7.5
Showing strong, simple feelings in a way that seems fake
1
3.7
Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional
1
6.3
Too sweet and sentimental in tone or style
1
8.3
Too sweet and emotional so it feels 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'.