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Calling something '''twee''' means its too cutesy-poo even for the [[SCA]]. Things that are unbearably [[kitsch]] or camp can be described as '''a little too twee'''.
Calling something '''twee''' means its too cutesy-poo even for the [[SCA]]. Things that are unbearably [[kitsch]] or camp can be described as '''a little too twee'''. This description have been expanded to include anything that doesn't really fit with one's [[persona]] or is blatantly [[anachronistic]].


Examples of things that are a little too twee include some [[canting arms]], certain [[subtlety|subtleties]] at feast, and dressing [[small]]s in armour.
Examples of things that are a little too twee include some [[canting arms]], certain [[subtlety|subtleties]] at feast, and dressing [[small]]s in armour.

Revision as of 05:32, 27 March 2006

Calling something twee means its too cutesy-poo even for the SCA. Things that are unbearably kitsch or camp can be described as a little too twee. This description have been expanded to include anything that doesn't really fit with one's persona or is blatantly anachronistic.

Examples of things that are a little too twee include some canting arms, certain subtleties at feast, and dressing smalls in armour.

The word "Twee" likely comes from Terry Pratchett's novel Hogfather, in which a governess threatens to break her cynically cute young charge's arm if she is caught being "twee" again.