spoopy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Synonym of spooky.
Involving horror concepts and tropes in comical, cute, or nonthreatening ways.

Pronunciation

/ˈspuːpi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spoopy.wav /ˈspupi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-spoopy.wav

Word forms

spoopy spoopier more spoopy spoopiest most spoopy

Etymology

A misspelling of spooky, originating from a 2009 photograph of a Halloween sign with the misspelled word spoopy originally uploaded to the website Flickr. It was reposted on Tumblr in 2011, upon which the word become an Internet meme and developed its current senses.

Synonyms

spooky

Derived words

spoopily spoopiness

← spoonwort
← spoony
← spoonyism
← spoopier
← spoopiest

spoor →
Spoore →
spoored →
spoorer →
spoorers →

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary