"creepy weepy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: creepy weepies [plural]
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. Head templates: {{en-noun}} creepy weepy (plural creepy weepies)
  1. (informal) A story with Gothic and romance elements. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-creepy_weepy-en-noun-UuzR9spO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Chosen for the rhyme.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "creepy weepies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "creepy weepy (plural creepy weepies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962, The Bulletin, page 33:",
          "text": "Made by the NBC in America, with occasional music recorded at Forest Lawn Cemetery, this creepy-weepy began with a conversation between Young Dr Malone and his sister in a kitchen.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Paula Deimling, 1985 Writer's Market: Where to Sell What You Write, page 965:",
          "text": "[…] novels (creative, commercial writing; mainstream, science fiction welcome; some experimental; few romances, gothics, creepy weepies); and textbooks (subjects not out of date each year, preferably landmark text).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A story with Gothic and romance elements."
      ],
      "id": "en-creepy_weepy-en-noun-UuzR9spO",
      "links": [
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ],
        [
          "Gothic",
          "Gothic"
        ],
        [
          "romance",
          "romance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A story with Gothic and romance elements."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "creepy weepy"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Chosen for the rhyme.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "creepy weepies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "creepy weepy (plural creepy weepies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English rhyming phrases",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962, The Bulletin, page 33:",
          "text": "Made by the NBC in America, with occasional music recorded at Forest Lawn Cemetery, this creepy-weepy began with a conversation between Young Dr Malone and his sister in a kitchen.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Paula Deimling, 1985 Writer's Market: Where to Sell What You Write, page 965:",
          "text": "[…] novels (creative, commercial writing; mainstream, science fiction welcome; some experimental; few romances, gothics, creepy weepies); and textbooks (subjects not out of date each year, preferably landmark text).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A story with Gothic and romance elements."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ],
        [
          "Gothic",
          "Gothic"
        ],
        [
          "romance",
          "romance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A story with Gothic and romance elements."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "creepy weepy"
}

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