cutie patootie

noun

variants or less commonly cutie-patootie

ˈkyü-tē-pə-ˈtü-tē 

plural cutie patooties also cutie-patooties

informal

: someone or something that is cute

It didn't hurt that he was also a cutie patootie—blond, British, bashful. Everyone in the choir was pretty giddy to be working with him.

—Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

She is a cutie-patootie. It's unbelievable how sweet and lovely she is.

—Jessica Alba, quoted in Brampton (Ontario, Canada) Guardian

This cutie-patootie is a seven-week-old, female, Labrador Retriever/German Shepherd mix.

—Virginia Mountaineer (Grundy, Virginia)

—often used before another noun

cutie patootie puppies

This cutie-patootie shop looks like a New England beachside clam shack …

—Elizabeth Buxton

Word History

Etymology

rhyming compound from cutie and patootie

First Known Use

1997, in the meaning defined above