English edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of totally inappropriate.

Adjective edit

totes inappropes (comparative more totes inappropes, superlative most totes inappropes)

  1. (colloquial) Abbreviation of totally inappropriate.
    • 2013 January 31, Eleanor Prescott, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love?[1], Quercus Publishing, →ISBN:
      Cressida tutted. ‘I'm not a complete dinosaur. We got beyond all that pomp in the first week. Besides, you can't be too formal in chat rooms; it's a whole new language in there. If I sounded like myself, I'd sound ludicrous. Correct parlance is “totes inappropes”.’
    • 2014 July 1, Balthazar Cohen, Totes Ridictionary[2], Plexus Publishing, →ISBN:
      Inappropes: inappropriate. Whenever Charlie Sheen speaks; whenever Terry Richardson takes a photo; whenever Amanda Bynes sends a tweet, there is a 95 percent chance that the results will be totes inappropes – totally inappropriate.
    • 2015 March 31, Devon Hartford, Painless: The Story of Samantha Smith #3[3], volume 3, Devon Hartford, →ISBN:
      “Easy on the cray cray, Sam Sam. I told you we have to stop talking like thirteen year olds because it's totes inappropes,” she grinned. “So what if I like talking like a thirteen year old? I think it's totes adorb,” I giggled.
    • 2023 May 25, Ben Crystal, David Crystal, Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life[4], John Murray Press, →ISBN:
      Ross in Macbeth describes Macduff as someone who best knows the fits o'th'season - the conflicts of the age. And it means ‘totes inappropes.’