"adorbs" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈdɔɹbz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-adorbs.wav Forms: more adorbs [comparative], most adorbs [superlative]
Etymology: Clipping of adorable + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|adorable}} Clipping of adorable, {{af|en|-s<id:hypocoristic><pos:hypocoristic suffix>}} -s (hypocoristic suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} adorbs (comparative more adorbs, superlative most adorbs)
  1. (colloquial) Adorable. Tags: colloquial Derived forms: totes adorbs
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