adorbs

English

Etymology

Clipping of adorable + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈdɔɹbz/

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Adjective

adorbs (comparative more adorbs, superlative most adorbs)

1. (colloquial) Adorable.
   • 2014 November 17, Erin C.J. Robinson, “President Obama snuggles a koala and Sen. Ted Cruz adds a furry member to his family: Which VIP had the best weekend?”, in The Washington Post‎:

     Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) surprised his daughters on Friday evening with an addition to their family: a fluffy white rescue pooch named “Snowflake” (Adorbs!).

   • 2017 Trinket, "The Halloween Hippogriff", Nella the Princess Knight

     Thanks Nella. Your ballerina butterfly costume is adorbs!

   • 2025 February 18, Arwa Mahdawi, “Elon Musk keeps bringing his kids to work – and the reasons aren’t cute at all”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Don’t ask any difficult questions, just look at the cute pictures – disseminated widely – of Modi showering Musk’s kids with gifts. Adorbs.

Anagrams

• Bordas, boards, bardos, Boards, adsorb, Brodas, Bardos, Broads, broads, dorabs, abords, B roads, dobras