cutesy-wootsy

/ˌkjutsiˈwutsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

Derogatory; Informal

"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."
"[…] 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 […]"

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How do you pronounce cutesy-wootsy?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkjutsiˈwutsi/.

What does cutesy-wootsy mean?

Cute in an affected or excessive way.

Where does cutesy-wootsy come from?

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

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