too-too

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adjective
  1. excessively and tastelessly affected: The movie was simply too-too.

adverb
  1. in an excessively and tastelessly affected manner.

Origin of too-too

1
First recorded in 1890–95; originally adjective use of adverb phrase too too

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How to use too-too in a sentence

  • I was "strung up" to a high degree of expectation and listened every moment to hear the panpipes and the Roo-too-too-it.

    A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
  • I stood still until the little ones began to peep; the mother answered “too-too-too” and showed admirable judgment and devotion.

    Travels in Alaska | John Muir
  • Just at that moment the too-too-too of the instrument sounded again.

  • "Toot-e-too-too," he blew, with one end of the horn to her body, and up she rose as though there was nothing the matter with her.

    East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon | Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen
  • I beg pardon, said I,—too-too ready to make advances, I am always subjecting myself to contempts.

    Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson