Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form skin.
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- verb informal To make
cute .
Etymologies
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From Latin cutis ("skin") and faciō ("make").
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From cute + -ify, perhaps with influence from beautify.
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Examples
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Unsurprisingly, Lulu targets him and he transforms into "Fancy Dream," in order to "cutify" the entire world.
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I've written an introduction post explaining the phenomenon of LOLcats; that they begin with a found cat image file, are then doctored with bold text and LOLspeak to further cutify the animal and have provided a link to the Musical LOLcat slide show complete with click through images and a "memories" midifile.
Boing Boing 2007
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Others of similar kind are cutify, uglify and youthify.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2011
pterodactyl commented on the word cutify
To make cute.
April 26, 2009
seanahan commented on the word cutify
It sounds more like a threat that a mugger makes.
April 26, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word cutify
Yeah -- like something the Butcher would say: "I will cutify you if you don't hand over a tonnage of money."
(But I was originally thinking 'kjutəfaɪ.)
April 26, 2009