Meaning of the word "cute".

newmug

Just thought I'd throw this out there. Are you in the camp that thinks cute means small and furry, or do you think it means sly while being falsely nice, and are you male or female?

I'm male, I always thought it meant sly, as in cute hoor. I never understood the other type of cute until my fiance explained it to me a few years ago.

Shryke

I'm a guy. Cute to me means attractive in a wholesome kind of way.

Shane-KornSpace

When a woman comments on your penis by saying "awwhh it's so cute", she means it's small...

upstairs for coffee

I don't think the meaning differs between the two genders. The meaning of the word is defined by the tone in which it is used.

"AAAwww he's so cute."
"Cute fecker."

newmug

Female, I think it means small and furry

Shryke wrote: »

I'm a guy. Cute to me means attractive in a wholesome kind of way.

So of those two options, you would be the small and furry type, not the sly one?

Profiler

Language is fluid, ever changing.

As for cute, it means BOTH delightfully/pretty as well as clever/shrewd.

As for what a word means, if you put another word after it, ie. "hoor" of course that will change it's meaning.

newmug

Female, I think it means small and furry

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

I don't think the meaning differs between the two genders. The meaning of the word is defined by the tone in which it is used.

"AAAwww he's so cute."
"Cute fecker."

Yeah but generally, I find that people either use one definition or the other. You wouldn't find aul farmers discussing how "cute" the neighbour is, also talking about how "cute" a kitten is.

And now Shryke has pointed out a third meaning, attractive. AAAARRRGHHH!!!!!!!

Where To

Cute comes from the French verb cutier, which roughly translates as 'to rub one's nose in sh!t'. In olden times if you saw someone you fancied you rubbed there nose with horse manure, you cutiered them. Nowadays rubbing horsedung in someone's face is not a nice thing to do so 'to be cute' has taken on a more negative meaning.

Jimoslimos

< 90º

Ava_e

I'm a girl, I think of cute as a small furry thing.

But

When guys are offended by a female calling you cute, don't be. Cute is somtimes our way of saying I want you.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Male, I think it means sly and devious while being falsely nice

The first one, although not nessecarily "furry". I´ve head kids being referred to as cute before, but "furry" would be an insult me things.

Cute, as in devious or sly, I think is more Irish slang.

Immaculate Pasta

When I've ever been called cute I've always felt that it's a tad patronising. :cool:

upstairs for coffee

Ava_e wrote: »

When guys are offended by a female calling you cute, don't be. Cute is somtimes our way of saying I want you.

I always thought the complete opposite.

When they call you "cute", it was their condescending way of insinuating that they do not want to be ridden by you but by the Liverpool tracksuit, nike airmax wearing knacker!

NegativeCreep

Male, I think it means sly and devious while being falsely nice

Words can have two meanings you know.

Ava_e

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

I always thought the complete opposite.

When they call you "cute", it was their condescending way of insinuating that they do not want to be ridden by you but by the Liverpool tracksuit, nike airmax wearing knacker!

Well then she would be a cute hoor.

3ndahalfof6

Jebus it just gets worse by the hour.

newmug

Female, I think it means small and furry

Jimoslimos wrote: »

< 90º

Thats Acute

Ficheall

newmug wrote: »

Thats Acute

Both right and obtuse.

Czarcasm

Ava_e wrote: »

I'm a girl, I think of cute as a small furry thing.

But

When guys are offended by a female calling you cute, don't be. Cute is somtimes our way of saying I want you.

I get called cute a lot by my female friends and I just think to myself "please stop. I'm not four years of age!"

It just goes over my head now while they still find it amusing to call me cute. If I call them cute they get very bad about it, which I find just as amusing!

Ava_e

Czarcasm wrote: »

I get called cute a lot by my female friends and I just think to myself "please stop. I'm not four years of age!"

It just goes over my head now while they still find it amusing to call me cute. If I call them cute they get very bad about it, which I find just as amusing!

Embrace it man, cute guys rock.

Czarcasm

Ava_e wrote: »

Embrace it man, cute guys are good.

*shudders*, *clenches teeth while faking a smile* :pac:

Duckworth_Luas

Female, I think it means small and furry

Shane-KornSpace wrote: »

When a woman comments on your penis by saying "awwhh it's so cute", she means it's small...

Or maybe her gee is of equal dimensions to a wizard's sleeve!

Sarn

I know what you mean OP, the women in work tell me I'm hot but my body temperature is perfectly normal.

On the other hand none of the men have told me this.

blacklilly

Sarn wrote: »

I know what you mean OP, the women in work tell me I'm hot but my body temperature is perfectly normal.

On the other hand none of the men have told me this.

It must be tough being called hot, I'm always being called cold

Jimoslimos

Sarn wrote: »

I know what you mean OP, the women in work tell me I'm hot but my body temperature is perfectly normal.

On the other hand none of the men have told me this.

Well of course that makes sense, cold and hot are relative terms and women's external body temperature tends to be colder than men.

Death and Taxes

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

I don't think the meaning differs between the two genders. The meaning of the word is defined by the tone in which it is used.

"AAAwww he's so cute."
"Cute fecker."

Wellsaid, like so many things it's all about the context.

The Big Red Button

There are two meanings of 'cute'

There's 'Sligo-cute' and 'Dublin-cute'

'Dublin-cute' is "Awwwww look at that puppy"

'Sligo-cute' is "I wanna ride ya!"

The difference in dialect is because Sligo is closer to America.

Hope that helps!

0ph0rce0

Female, I think it means small and furry

A Cute Whore From Cavan

keith16

Cute hoorism. I love that term. It could only exist in this country.

hatrickpatrick

It means both, entirely depending on context.
Why so many people insist that some multi-purpose words have only one "correct" context is beyond me. It's a bit like how "mean" can be someone who's unkind, or someone who's stingy with cash. So many people I know attach only one of the aforementioned definitions to the word and find it actually annoying when someone uses it the other way...

Red Hand

Where To wrote: »

Cute comes from the French verb cutier, which roughly translates as 'to rub one's nose in sh!t'. In olden times if you saw someone you fancied you rubbed there nose with horse manure, you cutiered them. Nowadays rubbing horsedung in someone's face is not a nice thing to do so 'to be cute' has taken on a more negative meaning.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxuWqqyTZKQElrQm7BfBSigeypy2Tesp3z7QkKxTf5U6o1uUOC

:pac:

I'd automatically think cute=sly. But yes, in recent years, the other meaning has come into use far more than it used to.

Ficheall

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Why so many people insist that some multi-purpose words have only one "correct" context is beyond me. It's a bit like how "mean" can be someone who's unkind, or someone who's stingy with cash.

That was the best example you could come up with?? :pac:

EdenHazard

How in anyway could cute be anything to do with being sly? It doesn't even make sense.

'She's so cute' 'Don't say that about her, she's my friend'

WoollyRedHat

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

When I've ever been called cute I've always felt that it's a tad patronising. :cool:

Aw cutchie cutchie coo!

Itwasntme.

Cute in reference to animals= small and furry;
Cute when talking about babies= Lies. Babies are fugly;
Cute guys= You look like the kind of man I can talk to about the bad boy who broke my heart and while I am crying on your shoulder, I just might let you get a leg over. <---Was that the correct Irishism?
Cute girls= Fresh faced bitches who will steal your man.

You're welcome.:cool:

Bishop_Donal

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Words can have two meanings you know.

Like 'Box'.

WoollyRedHat

A cute girl can also be somone who is good lucking in a wholesome way, but doesn't neccesarily come across as compeltely sasssy. Not a bad thing, varying levels and all that jazzz.

newmug

Female, I think it means small and furry

Ficheall wrote: »

That was the best example you could come up with?? :pac:

Stop being so mean to him!

supackofidiots

if you're a guy cute means that the nines will talk to you, but only the fours will go home with you!