twee
adj/twiː/UK
Etymology
From a childish pronunciation of sweet. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch.
- derived from Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch
Definitions
Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
- Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste.
- Despite the fact that the designs were all a bit twee […] they stood out a mile in the market place at that time.
- Forget the clichéd image of Brigadoon and shortbread tins, the dreadfully twee tartan tat and Celtic kitsch that, sadly, still exists in the 21st century, and is too often passed off as a genuine Highland experience.
Ellipsis of twee pop.
- Even the wider world got its doses of twee sound, from the fluffy pop of Aztec Camera to the stylish bounce of the Railway Children.
- Wang points out the very clear links between twee and queer culture, as many 90s twee bands “played alongside queercore bands like Team Dresch.[…]”
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for twee. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA