cutie patootie

cut·ie pa·too·tie
UK/ˌkjuːti pəˈtuːti/US/ˌkjuti pəˈtuti/US[ˌkjuɾi pəˈtuɾi]

noun

An adorable and attractive person.

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nouncutie patootie (plural cutie patooties)

plural cutie patooties

  1. USslangAn adorable and attractive person.

    Like, yeah! We love Usher. We decided to focus on his cutie-patootie face instead of his bodacious body.

    2004 December – 2005 January, “The 50 Hottest Rockers! More Cute Boys than You Can Shake a Stick at. Bigger, Better and … Pinker than Ever.”, in Brandon Holley, editor, Elle Girl, New York, N.Y.: Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 73
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    Early mornings are best approached as late nights in the toddler-training arena, especially if it's still dark outside. Explain, in ten words or less, that it's still sleep time and that Cutie Patootie needs to go back to bed for more rest.

    1999 February, Vicki Iovine, “Sleepy Time”, in The Girlfriends’ Guide to Toddlers […] (A Perigee Book), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 181

    The British import Get Real (directed by Simon Shore) is the love story of two classmates—outcast Steven (total cutie patootie Ben Silverstone, above left with Charlotte Brittain) and Big Man on Campus John (Brad Gorton).

    1999 May, Marc S. Malkin, “Preview (Film): To Live and Love in the ‘So-called’ Years”, in James Collard, editor, Out, New York, N.Y.: Out Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 86

    He's an excellent teacher, a dedicated police officer, and a bit of a cutie patootie, too (but don't tell my husband I said that).

    2018, Marnie Blue, “Acknowledgements”, in Mistletoe Kisses, Fort Collins, Colo.: Entangled Publishing, →ISBN

    Synonyms: cutie pie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn adorable and attractive person.

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Origin

Compound of cutie (“cute person”) + patootie (“attractive woman; girlfriend”), probably chosen because the words rhyme.

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Translations

Dutch schattepatat
  • schattepatatadorable and attractive person
Finnish söpöliini
  • söpöliiniadorable and attractive person
Polish słodziak
  • słodziakadorable and attractive person
Swedish gulleplutt
  • gullepluttadorable and attractive person

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cutie patootie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutie%20patootie

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“cutie patootie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutie%20patootie. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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