uwu

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/ˈuːwuː//ˈʊwʊ/[ˈʉː.w̟ʉw]

adjective

Innocently, often cloyingly cute.

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uwu1

adjectiveuwu (comparative more uwu, superlative most uwu)

comparative more uwu · superlative most uwu · alternative UwU

  1. InternetInnocently, often cloyingly cute.

    UwU Conservativism, and the end of smol government

    2024 June 19, Bagehot, “Britain’s Conservatives are losing as they governed. Meekly”, in The Economist
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    This Kiss graphic tee x fishnet top moment was very UwU of the duo.

    2021 September 9, Erin Nicole Celletti and Sara Delgado, “Chloe x Halle Style Evolution”, in Teen Vogue, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022

    Or Instagram, where cute dog videos once reigned. Now, yet another unfathomable algorithm serves up a diet of tradwives, gym bros and uwu girls.

    2024 November 26, Tory Shepherd, “‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2025

UwU2

adjectiveUwU (comparative more UwU, superlative most UwU)

comparative more UwU · superlative most UwU

  1. alternativeAlternative form of uwu.

UWU3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Uva Wellassa University.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of United Workers Union.

Uwu4

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Ayere (“a Nigerian language”).

    Synonyms: Ayere

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Ayere (“a Nigerian language”).

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Origin

  1. translingualuwu
  2. translingualuwu
  3. Englishuwu

Derived from Translingual uwu.

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Cite this entry
APA

uwu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uwu

MLA

“uwu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uwu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uwu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uwu.

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