cutie patootie

Compound of cutie (“cute person”) +‎ patootie (“attractive woman; girlfriend”), probably chosen because the words rhyme.^[1][2][3]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkjuːti pəˈtuːti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkjuti pəˈtuti/,
• Rhymes: -uːti
• Hyphenation: cut‧ie pa‧too‧tie

cutie patootie (plural cutie patooties)

1. (chiefly US, slang) An adorable and attractive person.

   Synonyms: cutie pie, cutie-pie, cutiepie

   • 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:

     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 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:

     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).

   • 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:

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

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

     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).

• cutesy-poo

• cuteness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia