Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Vulgar Slang The vulva.
- noun Offensive & Vulgar Slang A woman or girl.
- noun Vulgar Slang A foolish or contemptible person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The female pudendum. Fletcher, Poems, p. 104.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun vulgar, slang A
vagina ,pussy ,vulva ,clitoris . - noun UK, New Zealand, offensive, vulgar, slang A
contemptible andstupid person,idiot (sometimes used affectionately). - verb transitive, UK, slang To
hit ,slap .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- noun obscene terms for female genitals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I could, however, answer the question as to how much I dislike--and how teeth-grindingly annoying I find--your 'twat'-rants read, from POV: 'resorts to gleefully using that word with malevolence and without a discriminating regard for fellow readers/commenters'.
"I haven't liked a candidate enough to be actually disillusioned by one in . . . " Ann Althouse 2008
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The only twat is the person that wrote the shit above, I stopped reading after line two.
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Every jackass and twat is going to be dressing as him.
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Also, the scene revealing it involves an alien saying the word twat, and that amused the hell out of me.
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I love it wwhen people keep saying the word twat over and over again.
Buffalo Geek 2009
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You were called a twat as a simple statement of fact, for your lack of understanding, proportion, GSOH, categories, and so on.
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The twat is the person making statements of certainty that bear no resemblance to reality.
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You are a twat and were called a twat by me not for accusing me of ever having used a nom de plume in the blogosphere.
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Yes, I've been called a twat for wanting to twit (tweet?).
Stories from The Sun 2009
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Yes, I've been called a twat for wanting to twit (tweet?).
Stories from The Sun 2009
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word twat
"get the jelly twat"
January 18, 2007
arby commented on the word twat
For some reason I find this word so much less offensive than cunt, maybe because it just sounds so silly it's impossible to take seriously as an obscenity. Also because it reminds me of twit, which I like. Sort of like "tit for tat", you could say "twit for twat". Except it doesn't rhyme, damn.
May 4, 2007
bilby commented on the word twat
"'Good', he said. 'Even Mickey Mouse locks on garage doors can be a pain in the ass. Big springs. Hard to tip them over. The one's as tired as an old whore's twat at daybreak, though. Lucky for us.'"
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King.
December 31, 2007
seanahan commented on the word twat
An amusing historical note from Wikipedia
January 22, 2008
yarb commented on the word twat
Ha ha. As they say at English football grounds, Rooooobert Browning, what a wanker, what a wanker!
January 23, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word twat
Personally I find this word just as offensive as cunt. But for some reason it is almost freely allowed on BBC television.
July 23, 2008
yarb commented on the word twat
That's because it's you, personally, who finds it so offensive.
July 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word twat
Now here's some TWAT.
July 24, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word twat
(The life pursuit, by Belle and Sebastian)
November 10, 2010
sbose64 commented on the word twat
i was surprised to see this word being so frequently used by british facebookers on prominent political pages .i wasnt sure how slang it was and it prompted me to search wordnik.on what i found forced me to conclude that perhaps it the most permissible slang in everyday conversation.
August 31, 2013