Betty Boopish

See also: Betty-Boopish and Betty Boop-ish

English

Alternative forms

• Betty Boop-ish, Betty-Boopish

Etymology

From Betty Boop +‎ -ish.

Adjective

Betty Boopish (comparative more Betty Boopish, superlative most Betty Boopish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of Betty Boop.
   • 1936 February 16, D. G., “‘Ladies of Jury’ by WPA. The Group’s First Play Is Presented Ably. Alice Ellis, in the Role of a Stubborn School Teacher, Takes the Honors of Her Portrayal.”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 56, number 152, Kansas City, Mo., section “How Foreman Is Won Over”, page 8 A, column 3:

     When all hope of getting the foreman, a misanthropic looking fellow, and the school marm to change their minds, was gone, the foreman lost his temper and struck a Betty Boopish little feminine juror, and Mrs. Crane, rushing in where angels might have feared to tread, made the most of it.

   • 1936 December 21, “400 Needy Tots Will Sing ‘Jingle Bells’ In Yuletide Plea. Ruth Etting, Sad Singer, Is Guest Star Of Himber. “What Do You Think?” Program Inaugurated As A Feature”, in Tyler Morning Telegraph, volume 58, number 37, Tyler, Tex., section ““Betty Boop””, page six, column 2:

     May Questal (Betty Boop to you) will take over Morton Bowe’s spot on the Baron Munchausen program at 8:30 p. m. over WENR-NBC, and will sing songs in her best Betty Boopish manner.

   • 1938 July 23, “Cinderella Meets Fella (Vitaphone) Outstanding Cartoon”, in Motion Picture Herald, volume 132, number 4, page 43, column 3:

     The free hand of the artist has drawn Cindy’s magic fairy godmother in screwball shades and the soundman has given the curly haired heroine a set of “Betty Boopish” vocal cords.

   • 1945 September 17, Newsweek, page 96:

     A prim University of California graduate, her hair in pigtails, sat in the first-floor dining room of the Bund Hotel in Yokohama last week and answered newsmen’s questions in a Betty Boopish voice.

   • 2014 June 27, Sean Daly, “She is woman; hear her roar: Her pucker’s persuasive, but as she nears 30, her songs are more mature”, in Tampa Bay Times, volume 130, number 338, page 44:

     And yet she flaunted her 7 Minutes in Heaven come-hither — not to mention a whipped-cream-bazooka bra — with Betty Boopish abandon, a playful PG-13 streak that helped her become the most bankable woman in pop music.