СПАСИБОЧКИ?

[panzeleche.livejournal.com]

"Спасибочки!"

This showed up on a comment for a music video on Youtube. It seems like a diminutive of "Спасибо", but I'm not sure what the feeling behind it. I've never heard of a diminutive of "thank you". Even in Spanish, "graciasitas" sounds really odd and I've never heard anyone say something like that. Could it be a plural?

If someone says this word to you, what does it mean? What are the implications behind it? Is it supposed to be cute?

Many thanks to everybody that responds. :)

Comments

[panzeleche.livejournal.com]

So it's basically used to give thanks for something you didn't need? Like, could you use it in this matter?

A: The sky is blue.
B: Spasibochki, I didn't know that before! (B is being sarcastic and rude)

[mithrilian.livejournal.com]

No, it's not ironic and is not used to convey irony or sarcasm. That said, the irony and/or sarcasm could still be conveyed in the either спасибо or cпасибки through the intoning.

Спасибочки sounds kinda ultrafeminine-blondish-cutish. I believe it could be used more widely in some regions of eastern Ukraine, but I might be mistaken.

[oryx_and_crake]

Yes, something like that. Or if someone offers you something unpleasant (e.g. a tax raise).

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

In this case in modern runet* you will probably see a 'Спасибо, Кэп!' type of reply referring to Captain Obvious.

* runet (рунет) is a modern Russian term for the Russian speaking part of Internet.