cutesy-poo

English

Alternative forms

• cutesypoo

Etymology

From cutesy +‎ -poo (“forming affectionate, playful diminutives”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

cutesy-poo (comparative more cutesy-poo, superlative most cutesy-poo)

1. (often derogatory) Overly or unpleasantly cute.
   • 1999, Poul Anderson, Operation Luna, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 178:

     However, wandering the streets for a while, I saw nothing that looked like dwarf work, even in the tourist shops, just the usual cutesypoo wooden figures.

   • 2005, W. E. B. Griffin, The Hostage, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 418:

     'Our Little House'? Isn't that a little cutesy-poo for a safe house, Alex?

   • 2016, James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Jacky Ha-Ha, New York, N.Y. […]: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 184:

     Ms. O'Mara nods. "I played Tessie. The crybaby orphan." She slips into a cutesy-poo baby doll voice and says, "Oh my goodness!"'

Noun

cutesy-poo (plural cutesy-poos)

1. (often derogatory) A cutesy-poo person or thing.
   • 1976, Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Boston, M.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 160:

     He stood calmly, reducing the material existence of a French cigarette, and observed Jellybean and sisters with an expression of sarcastic amusement. "You pathetic little cutesy-poos," he seemed to say. "Do you actually suppose this exhibition of childish melodrama is advancing the cause of freedom?"

   • 1987 December 5, George Heymont, quoting Erie Mills, “Ego Intact”, in Opera News, volume 52, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Opera Guild, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 48:

     I even made it into a New York Times crossword puzzle, and people started saying, 'Erie Mills. Hot new item—isn't she the little cutesy-poo who sang in Candide? Let's get her!' But I want to convince people that I am capable of other roles too, that I'm a serious opera person.

   • 2002, K Spirito, Time Has a Way, San Jose, C.A. […]: Writer's Showcase, →ISBN, page 210:

     "Well, I'm not the same little cutesy-poo that Margaret Bascuino was," Margi railed. Her chest stuck out and her behind wriggled.

See also

• cutie patootie
• cutie pie

 

References

• “cutesy-poo”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “cutesy-poo”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “cutesy, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.