Cute Overload

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A chick like this might be a subject of a posting on cute overload

Usually, baby animals like this meerkat are posted on Cute Overload.

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]

The website has created "rules of cuteness" such as "Rule #18: Have a teeny tiny tail" or "Rule of Cuteness #7: A thing, accompanied by a smaller version of that thing, is always cute."

Cute Overload has also developed its own "cutecabulary":

tie-tie: tired
honk shu: snoring
snorgle: snuggle, often involving pressing one's nose into another (word is a combination of snort and snuggle)
pawsitude: the act of flashing the pads of one's paws
'tocks: buttocks
redonk/redoink: ridiculous
muzzlepuff/muzzlepouche: muzzle/nose
baroo?: "what?"
kronsche!: "crunch!"

[edit] The "Rules of Cuteness"

Rule No. 1: Put your Paw Up.
Rule No. 2: Look Helpless.
Rule No. 3: Inquisitive Look.
Rule No. 4: Babies of Multiple Species Flopping Around.
Rule No. 5: "Fisheye" lens on a Baby Animal.
Rule No. 6: Mimicking Humans.
Rule No. 7: A Thing, Accompanied by a Smaller Version of That Thing, is Always Cute.
Rule No. 8: You're Cute if your Furniture Doubles as a Meal.
Rule No. 9: Piles of a Cute Thing.
Rule No. 10: If you Haven't Grow Into your Feet Yet, It's Cute.
Rule No. 11: A Cute Animal + Food = Cuter Than Ever.
Rule No. 12: Fuzz + Floppy Limbs are Cute.
Rule No. 13: "Juicy" Eyes and Nose.
Rule No. 14: If an Everyday, Small Item Makes you Look Smaller, Then It's Cute.
Rule No. 15: Small Ear-to-Head Ratio.
Rule No. 16: Keep your Eyes at the Height of your Nose *and* Have a Five-Head (large forehead), and Make Sure your Body is as Tall as your Head..
Rule No. 17: Have Tiny Ears (Similar to Rule No. 15).
Rule No. 18: Have a Teeny Tail.
Rule No. 19: Dainty Paws.
Rule No. 20: Show your Paw Pads!
Rule No. 21: Eye Capsules.
Rule No. 22: Curl in your Paw.
Rule No. 23: Knobby Knees are Cute.
Rule No. 24: Have Suction Cups on your Hands.
Rule No. 25: Dangle your Paw.
Rule No. 26: If you have Four Legs and Tuck Yourself In, It's Cute.
Rule No. 27: "Chub".
Rule No. 28: Your Head Looks Down, but your Eyes Look Up.
Rule No. 29: If you Flex your Paws Repeatedly in a Kneading Motion in the Air for No Reason, IT'S CUTE!.
Rule No. 30: If your Breath Shows in the Form of your Stomach Moving in a Quick, Fluttering Fashion, IT'S SO CUTE!.
Rule No. 31: Furbrow.
Rule No. 32: If you're Caught Doing Something Bad, It's Cute.

[edit] References

^ 2006 Webby Winners
^ Newsday, Cool 2 Use. July 18, 2006. Part 2, page B02.

DeMarco, Laura. The Pop Ten, Plain Dealer (Cleveland). August 22, 2006. Arts & Life; page E1.
Ahrens, Frank. Adoration of the Adorable Raises the Cuteness Factor: Pups, Hedgehogs and More, The Washington Post. July 2, 2006. Financial; page F05.
Cute Overload the site itself. Frost, Megan.