Cugly is Cute + Ugly (like fugly) Similar to the French "belle-laid" which is "beautiful-ugly."
Though Marissa didn't likedogs, she couldn't resist adopting her boyfriend Lester's shar pei when he was unexpectedly asked to be a guest of the State and had to give up the pooch. Fideaux was cugly with his wrinkly face and corrugated neck, and Marissa found she loved the rascal as much as that scamp Lester who was doing 10 to 15 for internet scamming old ladies out of their retirement pensions.