Plural of cute; cute people, animals, or things, often used informally or affectionately.
Simple pluralization of 'cute' using -s. In informal speech, 'the cutes' or 'cutes' treats the adjective as a noun referring to cute entities.
Using 'cutes' as a noun is very modern internet slang—turning adjectives into nouns is how language naturally evolves, especially in casual digital communication.
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