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We can check the Layoff Message Bingo square for having a cringey cutsie name for employees,

> strong connections with our fellow Hackeronies

You're the second person in this thread to misspell "cutesie" like this... or is "cutsie" a regional spelling I'm not aware of, or another word altogether?

https://www.spudart.org/comic/cutsie-battle/

Don’t forget: cutesy!

I've spelled it that way (and have seen it spelled that way) my whole life, but your comment made me look it up. I could only find it in one place:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cutsie

But my use of it predates the internet. I suspect this is a regionalism.

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