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Twee pop. Twee pop is a subgenre of indie pop [1] that originates from the 1986 NME compilation C86. [3] It is an offshoot of the twee movement, [4] characterized by its simplicity and perceived innocence, some of its defining features are boy–girl harmonies, catchy melodies, and lyrics about love. For many years, prominent independent record ...
- c. 1986, United Kingdom
Feb 7, 2024 · twee pop ( uncountable) ( music) A subgenre of indie pop music with simple melodies and lyrics, usually about love . Synonym: twee. 2016, Pete Dale, Anyone Can Do It: Empowerment, Tradition and the Punk Underground [1], Routledge, →ISBN: This belatedness is reflected in Kaya Oakes's suggestion that twee pop begins in the early 1990s, post ...
twee: [adjective] affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint.
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Etymology
From a childish pronunciation of sweet. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch.
Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /twiː/ 2. Rhymes: -iː
Adjective
twee (comparative more twee or tweer, superlative most twee or tweest) 1. (British, derogatory) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice. 1.1. Synonyms: (US) cutesy, precious, saccharine, syrupy 1.2. Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little tweefor my taste. 1.1. 1999, Janet Foster, Docklands: Urban Change and Conflict in a Community in Transition, London, Philadelphia, Pa.: UCL Press, →ISBN, page 82: 1.1.1. Despite the fact that the designs were all a bit twee […]they stood out a mile in the mar...
Alternative forms
1. twé (obsolete)
Etymology
From Dutch twee, from Middle Dutch twee, twe, from Old Dutch twē, neuter form of twēne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /tvɪə̯/, /tveə/
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /tʋeː/ 2. Hyphenation: twee 3. Rhymes: -eː
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch twêe, from Old Dutch twē, neuter form of twēne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ with plural suffix *-i.
Anagrams
1. weet 2. wete
Alternative forms
1. twei (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)
Etymology
From Middle Low German twê, from Old Saxon twene (“two”).
Numeral
twee 1. two
Etymology
From Old Dutch twē, neuter form of twēne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /tweː/
Numeral
twêe 1. two
Etymology
From Middle Low German twê, from Old Saxon twene (“two”).
Numeral
twee 1. two, twain
Numeral
twee 1. Alternative form of twye
References
1. Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73
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