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Cyrano Jones ([personal profile] cyrano) wrote2011-04-12 02:36 am

Oh Urban Dictionary, how I love you

5. twee

Something that is cute ironically, with the irony taken out

[identity profile] miss-friday.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Twee is British slang. Been 'round for years.

(I think I may watch too much BBC.)

[identity profile] cyranocyrano.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
I was less amused by its presence on urban dictionary than the format. Sort of like describing a perfume as smelling like roses and cloves, but without the roses.