spoopy

comparative spoopier · comparative more spoopy · superlative spoopiest · superlative most spoopy

1. InternethumorousSynonym of spooky.First known use early 21st c.

   Hey Alan, did you know when Romance wears those black jackets he looks spoopier?

   2015, Vaishali Bhargava, “The Day Jamie Slapped Me”, in Jamie Summer Walker, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Partridge Publishing, →ISBN

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   To get into the spoopy spirit, you will exclusively listen to the "Spooky Scary Skeletons" trap remix on repeat from now until Halloween.

   2016 October 29, Derek Baker, “Your future is foretold in these spooky horror-scopes”, in Melanie Woods, editor, Gauntlet: Official Student Newspaper of the University of Calgary, volume 57, number 19, Calgary, Alb.: Gauntlet Publications Society, →OCLC, page 17, column 5

   It's spoopy season – a time for pumpkin carving, trick or treating and "Hocus Pocus" reruns.

   2018 October 24, Amelia Calautti, “Get goosebumps with ‘Netflix and Chills’”, in Andrew Grottkau, Emily Abdow, editors, The Rice Thresher, volume 103, number 8, Houston, Tex.: Rice University, →OCLC, page 8, column 4

   Unfortunately, tricks, treats and spoopy shenanigans aren't the only things escalating in the runup to Halloween. According to Campus Security reports, there has also been a recent uptick in cat disappearances on campus grounds.

   2018 October 29, Sara Serrano, “Where have all the cats gone? Campus cats mysteriously vanish around Collins Hall”, in Justin Guglielmetti, editor, The Collegian, Tulsa, Okla.: University of Tulsa, →OCLC, page 14, column 1

   Synonyms: spooky

2. InternethumorousbroadcastingInvolving horror concepts and tropes in comical, cute, or nonthreatening ways.

   [Y]ou might like Crimson Peak. Although the story is lacking, it's the spoopiest—and most interesting thing—at the Cineplex.

   2015 October 15, Jenni Miller, “‘Crimson Peak’ is Perfect for Your Inner Goth Girl”, in Nylon, New York, N.Y.: Nylon Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025

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   A deceptively cute, deceivingly challenging abstract strategy game for two players. […] And now things just got boopier and spoopier with NEW Ghost Cats that float between spaces.

   2023 June, “BOOOOP”, in J. G., editor, GTM: Game Trade Magazine, number 280, Cockeysville, Md.: Alliance Game Distributors, →OCLC, page 59, column 1