twerp
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twerp
- /twɝp/ US
- /twɜːp/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)p
Where it comes from
Of uncertain origin; originally British slang of the 1910s. In a letter, dated 6 October 1944, J. R. R. Tolkien mentions a contemporary of his at Oxford University T.W. Earp, calling him "the original twerp"; but no corroborating evidence for this etymology has come to light. Other suggestions include: a clipping of Antwerp (“type of racing pigeon that flew between Antwerp and London”); the onomatopoeic twirp (“imitation of the sound of a bird”); a dialectal variant of dwarf (compare Middle English dwerf); Welsh twp (“a fool”).
noun twerps · twirp
- A fool, a twit. Now you've broken it, you twerp!
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A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
Get out of my way, you little twerp!
Similar: twerk, absolute zero, assbucket, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, carrion, cipher, cockstain, crumb, custron
- A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
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noun a small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible
| Español | pendejo |
|---|---|
| Русский | ничто́жество ničtóžestvo |
noun a person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased
| Español | pendejo |
|---|---|
| Русский | простофи́ля prostofílja |
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