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> if you need an American English translation, maybe "theater kid energy". It wouldn't have occurred to me to call twee a foreign word. However, my feeling of
by thaumasiotes 1y ago
> if you need an American English translation, maybe "theater kid energy".
It wouldn't have occurred to me to call twee a foreign word. However, my feeling of its meaning was... very close to the gloss given on wiktionary (and marked "UK"):
>> Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
The unambiguously American Merriam-Webster agrees:
>> affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint
"Characteristic of theater kids" conveys something different to me. Do you disagree with the dictionary gloss, or do you think it's a good description of how people might describe a performance by theater kids?
- astrange 1y agoI think that definition is missing something, yes. Modern(?) British twee is less "dainty" and more "manic and campy". Which is not to disparage Monty Python, who were good at it, but everyone descended from them can't really pull it off. https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-unstoppable-rise-of-british-twee https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-unstoppable-rise-of-british-t... (nb I'm not sure about the political analysis here but the citations are good.)