Cute Overload
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Cute Overload is a weblog consisting of photos and videos of "cute" animals. The site, created by Megan Frost, won the Webby Awards 2006 "People's Voice" honors in the blog category.[1][2] It also won the 2007 Bloggies for Best American Weblog.[3] It is consistently in Technorati's Top 100 most popular weblogs, and according to Alexa Internet, it receives an average of 40,000 visits per day[4].
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[edit] "Rules of Cuteness" and "cutecabulary"
The website has created "Rules of Cuteness", which is an evolving list of characteristics of cuteness.
[edit] The Rules of Cuteness
- Rule #1: Putting your paw up is cute.
- Rule #2: Looking helpless is cute.
- Rule #3: An inquisitive look is cute.
- Rule #4: More than one species of baby flopping around is cute.
- Rule #5: Fisheye lens on a baby animal is cute.
- Rule #6: Mimicking humans is cute.
- Rule #7: A thing, accompanied by a smaller version of that thing, is always cute.
- Rule #8: You're cute if your furniture doubles as a meal.
- Rule #9: Piles of a cute thing jack up a cuteness rating exponentially.
- Rule #10: If you haven't grown into your feet yet, it's cute.
- Rule #11: A cute animal combined with food is cute.
- Rule #12: Fuzz combined with floppy limbs are cute.
- Rule #13: "Juicy" eyes and noses are instantly cute.
- Rule #14: If an everyday, small item makes you look small, it's cute.
- Rule #15: A small ear to head ratio is cute.
- Rule #16: Keep your eyes at the height of your nose and have a large forehead, and make sure your body is as tall as your head.
- Rule #17: If you have tiny ears, it's cute.
- Rule #18: If you have a teeny tiny tail, it's cute.
- Rule #19: Dainty paws are cute.
- Rule #20: Showing your paw pads is cute.
- Rule #21: Eye Capsules, as in a baby wombat, are cute.
- Rule #22: If you can curl up your paw, it's cute.
- Rule #23: Knobby knees are cute.
- Rule #24: Having suction cups on your hands is cute.
- Rule #25: Dangling your paw is cute.
- Rule #26: If you have 4 legs and can tuck yourself in, you're cute.
- Rule #27: "Chub", or small rolls underneath eyes are cute.
- Rule #28: If your head looks down, but your eyes look up, it's cute.
- Rule #29: If you flex your paws repeatedly in a kneading motion in the air for no reason, it's cute.
- Rule #30: If your breath shows in the form of your stomach moving in a quick, fluttering fashion, it's cute.
- Rule #31: A furbrow is cute.
- Rule #32: If you're caught doing something bad, it's cute.
- Rule #33: If your tail says "yes" but your ears say "nyerhe."
- Rule #34: If your tail curls up, it's cute.
- Rule #35: If you try and eat your own appendage, it's cute.
- Rule #36: If your eyebrows go up in the center, it's cute.
- Rule #37: If you tilt your head to a side, it's cute.
- Rule #38: If you have a curved, plump belleh, it's cute.
A jargon specific to Cute Overload has also developed over time, called the "cutecabulary," which includes coined words in frequent usage, such as "Baroo?" (what?), commonly applied to an image of a dog tilting its head to either side, "snorgle" (snuggle) and "Kronsche" (crunch).
[edit] References
- ^ 2006 Webby Winners.
- ^ Newsday, Cool 2 Use. July 18, 2006. Part 2, page B02.
- ^ 2007 Weblog Awards.
- ^ Alexa Internet.
