cutesy

My guess is that it started online (or close to it, like in cutesy IM language), similar to other grammatical borrowings (的说 being another prominent example).

Miscellaneous

My guess is that it started online (or close to it, like in cutesy IM language), similar to other grammatical borrowings (的说 being another prominent example).

It's an ing mystery

My guess is that it started online (or close to it, like in cutesy IM language), similar to other grammatical borrowings (的说 being another prominent example).

It's an ing mystery

And did you know, the word 'twee' in English, which means overly-cutesy, is the Dutch word for 'two'?

It's all Dutch to me!

My guess is that it started online (or close to it, like in cutesy IM language), similar to other grammatical borrowings (的说 being another prominent example).

January 2008

Alas, she tells it in cutesy, sophomoric prose, such as: “So Gram pinned her hopes on moi … Come awwwwwn … yadda, yadda.”

2007 February 06 « One-Minute Book Reviews

And I find the 'turn' is not cute, but cutesy - in other words, trite.

"Scorpions" by Chris Fox

I have, however, already forgotten what that slightly rubbery shrimp roll I ate in the picture above was called; but you can bet it was something cutesy, which is probably why I took it.

Monster Munching

Whit goes on to say, "I've always been classified as the cutesy, girl next door type, so doing this shoot will give me the opportunity to step outside my comfort zone and show people an entirely different side of me."

X17 Online

Her "cutesy" manner and country-bumpkin expressions are a reflection of her thought process and her inability to communicate as an educated adult.

McCain campaign adviser pushes back on Palin book