Twee (adj)
twee
affectedly dainty or quaint.
Twee comes from 20th century British baby talk and was most likely reduced from tweet, mimicking a child’s pronunciation of sweet.
Example sentences
“Ugh, it’s all so twee, it makes me want to puke!”
Boscage (noun) bos-kij a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. 1350–1400; Middle English boskage. Middle French boscage. (more…)
