"cutesy-wootsy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkjutsiˈwutsi/ [General-American]
Etymology: Reduplication from cutesy; compare fuzzy-wuzzy, palsy-walsy. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cutesy-wootsy (not comparable)
  1. (informal, mildly derogatory) Cute in an affected or excessive way. Tags: derogatory, informal, mildly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cutesy-wootsy-en-adj-xHv2QaZe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 233:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Corinne Holt Sawyer, chapter 8, in Ho-Ho Homicide, New York: D. I. Fine, page 79:",
          "text": "[…] 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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        "Cute in an affected or excessive way."
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        [
          "affected",
          "affected"
        ],
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, mildly derogatory) Cute in an affected or excessive way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal",
        "mildly",
        "not-comparable"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkjutsiˈwutsi/",
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        "(informal, mildly derogatory) Cute in an affected or excessive way."
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