"spoopy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /spuːpi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spoopy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more spoopy [comparative], most spoopy [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːpi Etymology: A photograph of a Halloween sign with the misspelled word “spoopy” (for “spooky”), taken in 2009 and originally uploaded to Flickr, was reposted on Tumblr in 2011, upon which the word become an Internet meme and developed its current sense. Head templates: {{en-adj}} spoopy (comparative more spoopy, superlative most spoopy)
  1. (Internet slang) Calling upon horror tropes and concepts in cute, nonthreatening or comical ways. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Halloween, Internet memes
    Sense id: en-spoopy-en-adj-LCsEp5x2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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