creepy weepy

noun

A story with Gothic and romance elements.

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Meanings

nouncreepy weepy (plural creepy weepies)

plural creepy weepies

  1. informalA story with Gothic and romance elements.

    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.

    1962, The Bulletin, page 33
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    […] 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science fiction welcome; some experimental; few romances, gothics, creepy weepies); and textbooks (subjects not out of date each year, preferably landmark text).

    1984, Paula Deimling, 1985 Writer's Market: Where to Sell What You Write, page 965

Origin

Chosen for the rhyme.

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