Twee
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Something that is sweet, almost to the point of being sickeningly so. As a derogatory descriptive, it means something that is affectedly dainty or quaint, or is way too sentimental.
In American English it often refers to a type of simple sweet pop music, but in British English it is used much more widely for things that are nauseatingly cute or precious. It comes from the way the word sweet sounds when said in baby talk. -
to be obnoxiously sweet, or quaint. It comes across as being disingenuous, corny, or effeminate.
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What people from Yorkshire do when they go to the bathroom.
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The pretty girl standing by the bar who makes you wonder all night if you have enough confidence to approach to her and say something that will make her smile. If youre able to accomplish this task, youll find out shes a down to earth girl who you can spend hours with enjoying a conversation about nothing.
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the opposite of simple, authentic and true: desperately exquisite, contrived to the point of ridiculousness, trying to so hard to be ornately exceptional that you (inadvertently) end up looking like a clown. A good example is mega-artist Matthew Barney, whose films are so self-involved and obscurely referential that they seem about to burst and disappear in a multidimensional clench. His wife Bjork also fits the frame (yes she does). Most runway fashion show pieces are also a fine demonstration of the palace of twee: preening to the most self-absorbed and aloof of the lot, completely devoid of true passion. Most artist statements in todays art world are also laughably twee: buzzwords and effete constipated embellishments over nothing at all. Also can mean overplayed cloying sentimentalism, artificial exaggeration of feeling, grandstanding epicness, narcissistic saturation. See again Bjork.
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The noise a sparrow makes the moment it dies.
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The act of going to the rest-room while at work ostentiously to answer the call of nature but really to do some texting.
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Someone insanley cute and adorable. Probably too good to be true. They make everyone smile from ear to ear to the point that it hurts. They can make anyone laugh and know just what to say. They always dress nice and are absolutely gorgeous
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