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English
Etymology
From Betty Boop + -ish.
Adjective
Betty Boopish (comparative more Betty Boopish, superlative most Betty Boopish)
- Resembling or characteristic of Betty Boop.
1936 February 16, D. G., “‘Ladies of Jury’ by WPA. The Group’s First Play Is Presented Ably. Alice Ellis, in the Role of a Stubborn School Teacher, Takes the Honors of Her Portrayal.”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 56, number 152, Kansas City, Mo., section “How Foreman Is Won Over”, page 8 A, column 3:When all hope of getting the foreman, a misanthropic looking fellow, and the school marm to change their minds, was gone, the foreman lost his temper and struck a Betty Boopish little feminine juror, and Mrs. Crane, rushing in where angels might have feared to tread, made the most of it.
1936 December 21, “400 Needy Tots Will Sing ‘Jingle Bells’ In Yuletide Plea. Ruth Etting, Sad Singer, Is Guest Star Of Himber. “What Do You Think?” Program Inaugurated As A Feature”, in Tyler Morning Telegraph, volume 58, number 37, Tyler, Tex., section ““Betty Boop””, page six, column 2:May Questal (Betty Boop to you) will take over Morton Bowe’s spot on the Baron Munchausen program at 8:30 p. m. over WENR-NBC, and will sing songs in her best Betty Boopish manner.
1938 July 23, “Cinderella Meets Fella (Vitaphone) Outstanding Cartoon”, in Motion Picture Herald, volume 132, number 4, page 43, column 3:The free hand of the artist has drawn Cindy’s magic fairy godmother in screwball shades and the soundman has given the curly haired heroine a set of “Betty Boopish” vocal cords.
1945 September 17, Newsweek, page 96:A prim University of California graduate, her hair in pigtails, sat in the first-floor dining room of the Bund Hotel in Yokohama last week and answered newsmen’s questions in a Betty Boopish voice.
2014 June 27, Sean Daly, “She is woman; hear her roar: Her pucker’s persuasive, but as she nears 30, her songs are more mature”, in Tampa Bay Times, volume 130, number 338, page 44:And yet she flaunted her 7 Minutes in Heaven come-hither — not to mention a whipped-cream-bazooka bra — with Betty Boopish abandon, a playful PG-13 streak that helped her become the most bankable woman in pop music.