Talk:twee
Etymology Transwiki:Twee=[edit]
This quote on the Transwiki should probably be validated before we should summarize it for Wiktionary: The website World Wide Words gives the definition as follows:
It means excessively or affectedly quaint, sentimental or mawkish, sometimes coupled with words like nauseatingly. It’s a strongly negative word, and a very useful one, that is in common British use. It appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century to mean something dainty or sweet, a girly and gushing word. It appears to have developed from tweet, not the noise a bird makes, but a childish attempt at saying sweet. It might have been helped along by a feeling that it could be a blend of tiny and wee (Scots for small), though it isn’t. Goldenrowley 19:28, 12 September 2008 (UTC)