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11.19.2011

To Twee or Not to Twee


Twee is a word that has escaped clear definition as well as the vocabulary of the masses generally regarded as not twee. Luckily, reporter Christopher Borrelli of In fact, while the best explanation for the word may be the word itself (twee is twee), it would seem the very act of using the word makes a thing twee. Perhaps by even knowing twee exists, one becomes twee (see fig. 1).

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