ketchuppy

• catsuppy, ketchupy

ketchup +‎ -y

ketchuppy (comparative more ketchuppy, superlative most ketchuppy)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of ketchup.
   • 2001, New Statesman, volume 130, page 49, column 1:

     But when all’s said and done, it is nothing more than a lot of ketchuppy-tasting diced tomatoes, rather highly seasoned with garlic and chilli, ahem, I mean “specially selected spices”.

   • 2008, Lauren Mechling, Dream Girl, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 169:

     The Soyles have been trying to come up with their own versions, with different spices and flavors, but here’s the thing: people just like their ketchup . . . ketchuppy.

   • 2017, Hollie Newton, How to Grow: A Guide for Gardeners Who Can’t Garden Yet, London: Orion Spring, →ISBN, page 122:

     Lift the ketchup off the heat and leave to cool slightly before pouring the whole lot into a food processor (in batches), or use a hand blender to blend to a lovely thick ‘ketchuppy’ consistency.

2. (informal) Covered with ketchup.

   Synonym: ketchupped

   • 2008, Kirstin Allio, “Clothed, Female Figure”, in Laura Furman, editor, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, Random House, Inc., published May 2010, →ISBN, page 49:

     They tease Emmie that their nannies have to pick up the slack, like making the kids the lunchtime chopped ham and ketchuppy hot dogs.

   • 2014, Ross Gilfillan, Losing It: The Growing Pains of a Teenage Vampire, Winchester: Lodestone Books, John Hunt Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, pages 138–139:

     Then Clive makes a misjudged remark about Faruk’s sister, Deniz, but the ketchuppy sausage-end Faruk flicks in immediate retribution falls short of its grinning target and drops onto Ros’s plate, where it sits among the last of her lettuce leaves.

   • 2015, Ellie Cahill [pseudonym; Liz Czukas], When Joss Met Matt: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 54:

     He stabbed another forkful of ketchuppy eggs and waved it at me.