Sunday, October 18, 2015

Word of the Day

too-too
\TOO-TOO\

adjective
1. Informal. excessively and tastelessly affected: The movie was simply too-too.

adverb
1. Informal. in an excessively and tastelessly affected manner.

Quotes
Think of the frisson of awarding Best Picture to a 37-year-old movie. Isn’t it just, well, too-too?
-- The Bagger, "It’s Up to You, New York, but Not Really," New York Times, December 8, 2006

Origin
Too-too entered English in the late 1800s and is a reduplication of the adverb too.

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