Cute-ums

noun

Affectionate term of address for a pet, child, etc.

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Meanings

nounCute-ums (plural Cute-ums)
  1. Affectionate term of address for a pet, child, etc.

    "But see here, Cute-ums," cried Dempsey. "This is Saturday night. By Monday it may be all over."

    1937 July 29, Robert Luther Duffus, Night Between the Rivers, Macmillan
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    "Oh, cute-ums!" came the silvery voice of Miss Pratt from the likewise silvery porch outside, underneath the summer moon.

    1916 March 29, Booth Tarkington, “Mr Parcher and Love”, in Seventeen:A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William, Harper and Brothers, page 55 of 329

    "Ooooh, you don't fool us," Sally June said. "Does she, Mary Lou? You mean interested in meeting boys. And there are going to be so many of the cute-ums in one place."

    1983 March 29, Emily Chase, chapter 11, in w:Girls of Canby Hall Roommates, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 109 of 228

    "What do you get when you cross a bunny with a kitty? The super snuggliest li'l cute'ums in all of Cuddletown."

    2005 April 29, Johnny Ryan, “The Cutest Little Comedian in the World”, in Blecky Yuckerella Vol.1, Fantagraphics, →ISBN

Origin

From cute + -ums.

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