Oneohtrix Point Never

We had a band called the Grainers. In our 12-year-old minds, this was like a double entendre for like being annoying and being a delicious donut. I got kicked out of the band for playing bass incorrectly. Like, I was playing it like a guitar. I was just so like twee and British, even as like the little 12-year-old boy.

American Musician

Rory MacLean

To me, it remains incomprehensible that a people who can design the Porsche 911 and sleek, white ice trains, who created the Bauhaus and speak at least three languages at birth, want to own twee Christmas figurines painted in gaudy colours, dress up in Bavarian lederhosen, and eat Haribo gummy bears.

Canadian Historian

Ted Naifeh

Urban Fantasy is a subgenre pretty much designed for teenagers. It's pretty twee, but I adore it. I've been trying to come up with an Urban Fantasy comic ever since I'd read the Nancy Collins 'Sonja Blue' series years ago.

American Writer

Sally Phillips

My mother always worked and thought staying at home was a bit twee, and that you should get your act together and do something useful. Now I think that's the most useful thing you can do: bring up some non-criminals.

British Actress

Giles Deacon

I always find the idea of Britishness a bit of a boring old concept, to be honest. That world of Britishness always comes off a bit twee and only about cream teas and that sort of things.

British Designer

Peter Baynham

So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie.

Welsh Comedian

Peter Kay

Audiences want comedy that has no venom. They want to have a laugh without it becoming twee.

English Comedian

Phil Lord

I would love to wear, like, twee Wes Anderson suits everywhere and not get made fun of.

American Producer

It's mainly a British English term that evokes an image of something excessively quaint or charming.

Cultural Tone

What one person finds twee, another might find appealing. It depends on personal taste.

Subjective Perception

Using 'twee' can imply a harmless playfulness or a dismissive sneer, depending on the context.

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