Meaning & use
totes adorbs
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UK/ˌtəʊts əˈdɔːbz/
US/ˌtoʊts əˈdɔːrbz/
Meaning
phrasefixed phraseslanginformal
Completely adorable; used to say that someone or something is extremely cute.
Grammar: Used as a short exclamation or after be: that puppy is totes adorbs.
Patterns
- something is totes adorbs
- so totes adorbs
Look at that kitten in a sweater, totes adorbs!
Your daughter's costume is totes adorbs.
The tiny cafe with the pink chairs is totes adorbs.
Common combinations
- totes adorbs puppy
- Her totes adorbs puppy followed everyone around.
- so totes adorbs
- The baby's hat is so totes adorbs.
- look totes adorbs
- You look totes adorbs in that jacket.
- totes adorbs outfit
- I saw a totes adorbs outfit in the shop window.
Synonyms and how they differ
- adorable
- Adorable is standard and works in any setting, while totes adorbs is playful slang.
- cute
- Cute is the everyday plain word, with less exaggeration than totes adorbs.
- precious
- Precious can sound sweet or sarcastic and is less youthful than totes adorbs.
- adorbs
- Adorbs is the shorter slang form and can stand alone without totes.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: totes adorbs or totes?
totes adorbs vs totes
Totes is slang for totally; it can also mean tote bags, so check the context.
Practice
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Choose one answer.
Totes adorbs describes something cute in casual speech, so a hedgehog fits. The others use it in serious contexts where it does not fit.
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