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語源

From a childish pronunciation of sweet. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /twiː/
• 韻: -iː

形容詞

twee (comparative more twee or tweer, superlative most twee or tweest)

1. (UK, Ireland, derogatory) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.

   Synonyms: (US) cutesy, precious, saccharine, syrupy

   Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste.

   • 1999, Janet Foster, Docklands: Urban Change and Conflict in a Community in Transition, London; Philadelphia, Pa.: UCL Press, →ISBN, page 82:

     Despite the fact that the designs were all a bit twee […] they stood out a mile in the market place at that time.

   • 2001, Alan Murphy, Scotland Highlands & Islands Handbook: The Travel Guide, Bath, Somerset: Footprint Handbooks, →ISBN, page 11:

     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.

   • 2002, Peter Ellison, Essential Non-fiction, Dublin: Folens Publishers, →ISBN, page 40:

     As always with Disney, there are moments when it all seems a bit twee, others when it is excessively PC.

   • 2005 September 8, Stephen S. Hall, quoting Richard Dawkins, “Darwin's Rottweiler: Sir Richard Dawkins: Evolution's fiercest champion, far too fierce”, in Discover‎, archived from the original on 1 January 2016:

     I just wouldn’t have felt comfortable saying, "I am a duckbilled platypus, and this is how I find my shrimps." I think it would have been twee.

   • 2015 June 2, Kenneth Partridge, “With ‘West End Girls,’ Pet Shop Boys set a high standard for U.K. hip-hop”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 6 September 2015:

     [Neil] Tennant's accent obviously has a lot to do with that, but the fact he's rapping is further masked by his twee, effeminate delivery.

   • 2025 November 3, Julia Moskin, quoting Alison Roman, “Martha Stewart Transformed the Dinner Party. Was That a Good Thing?”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Ms. Roman said she embraced “messy” as a philosophy and an aesthetic partly in response to Ms. Stewart’s standards. “Everything perfect, everything twee, everything pretty,” she said. “That was never going to be me.”

     (Can we archive this URL?)

関連する語

• twee pop

名詞

twee (uncountable)

1. (music) Ellipsis of twee pop.
   • 2005 October 24, Nitsuh Abebe, “Twee as Fuck”, in Pitchfork‎:

     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.

   • 2022 January 25, katie tobin, quoting Ian Wang, “Clutch Your Pearls, the Indie Twee Aesthetic is Back”, in Vice‎:

     Wang points out the very clear links between twee and queer culture, as many 90s twee bands “played alongside queercore bands like Team Dresch. […] ”

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