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| Next step - when and how did this become a vulgarity? --] ] 04:51, 2005 Jun 22 (UTC) | |||
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| == Semi-protected edit request on 8 September 2022 == | |||
| See January 19, 2005, ''Language Log''. ] 13:23, 30 July 2005 (UTC) | |||
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| == To twat == | |||
| edit: have permission, so added change: | |||
| '''To twat a twat = Ouch'''? | |||
| Suggest adding contemporary usage of office workers going to the office Tuesday, Wednesday And Thursday: | |||
| :I'm very suspicious of that. Moved to Talk pending source verification. The term does deserve mention, however, as the title of a . ] 14:38, 7 August 2005 (UTC) | |||
| Workers who go to the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and work remotely from home on Mondays and Friday have been irreverently called TWaTs . Although the term predated the COVID lockdowns <ref>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-twat-revolution-office-on-tuesday-wednesday-and-thursday-only</ref> the the term has became more prevalent since, as more workers partially return to offices. ] (]) 17:04, 8 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
| ==Doubtful text== | |||
| Unsourced claim posted by single-edit {{user|80.229.139.41}} | |||
| :''In the UK, "Twat" is considered more expletive and insulting than "Cunt" and is used primarily against a person who has total disregard for others or is utterly abhorrant. It can be said that "half the cars on the road are driven by cunts and the other half by twats" meaning (firstly) "idiots who don't know how to drive" and (secondly) "morons who drive with total disregard". As with all expletives, it can be used either as an insult or as a "term of endearment" (used only to VERY close, broad-minded, male friends). E.G. "He's a right twat - I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him" or "what an absolute twat" or "Now then yer dozy twat - where you been? I haven't seen you in ages!"'' | |||
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| ==archaic?== | |||
| Before I edit, I'd strongly query the comment that the word is "increasingly becoming archaic". It is in regular usage here in Australia (although it does not carry the intensity it carries in the UK). Is it becoming archaic in the USA? | |||
| : The only time I can ever recall hearing it in the US was in ''Blazing Saddles'', which is over twenty years old. The term is still very popular in the UK. Editing. ] 19:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| I live in England, the word twat is in frequent use. | |||
| ==Non gay?== | |||
| I have removed the unsubstantiated assertion that 'twat' is a 'non-gay' term. What in earth could this mean? Are there words that are gay and words that are non-gay?] 22:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Taboo words== | |||
| I strongly disagree with the assertion that "twat" is considered in the UK to be a more offensive word than "cunt." "Cunt" remains the most taboo swear word of all. By comparison "twat" is a relatively mild term. There may be no logic in this, since the words have essentially the same meaning, but there it is. | |||
| ] 22:27, 8 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : I would go on to further assert that "cunt" remains the most taboo word in all regional variants of English, and certainly in the US, UK and Australia. ] 03:20, 18 April 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Vulgar == | |||
| "Twat is a vulgar expression for the human vagina." | |||
| Isn't that POV? Who's to declare what is vulgar and what isn't? I dont consider twat to be a vulgar word . It's a slang word and probably a swear word, but "vulgar"? I wouldn't say that definate. I think it should be reworded. Visitors can work out for themselves if it's vulgar or not. --] 12:57, 19 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
| : There's no such thing as a non-vulgar swear word. Don't be ridiculous. ] 11:56, 9 April 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == "Fool" == | |||
| I live in England, as AFAIK the term generally means either a jerk or to hit (someone) hard - not "fool" per se. To me, it doesn't imply stupidity, merely that the subject is deliberately or uncaringly annoying... can someone else verify its use to mean "fool"? ''']'']''''' 15:44, 11 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| ==Vandalism== | |||
| Some recently vandalized this article, ] was the source of it. I restored it back to the previous state. I guess the guy that vandalized this could be conisidered a twat. Sayanora. ] 02:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == "Twat" less vulgar in Australia? == | |||
| Is it fair to say that "twat" is a more acceptable word in Australia than here in the UK? | |||
| I was in Melbourne recently, and saw an Aussie episode of Big Brother - some of the housemates were quite openly calling each other twats (bear in mind that this show airs at 7pm). In Britain, one would expect this word to be "bleeped" out on any programme broadcast before 9pm. ] 21:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == To twat = to hit == | |||
| The last paragraph in the article is being deliberately demeaning about this use of the verb, implying that it is only used by people who don't understand the meaning of the word. This is rubbish: using twat to mean to hit has been standard use for all ages since I was a lad (over 30 years ago), it may also bear an etymology from the Yorkshire verb "bat" meaning to hit. | |||
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edit: have permission, so added change: Suggest adding contemporary usage of office workers going to the office Tuesday, Wednesday And Thursday:
Workers who go to the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and work remotely from home on Mondays and Friday have been irreverently called TWaTs . Although the term predated the COVID lockdowns the the term has became more prevalent since, as more workers partially return to offices. Andrewsmallbone (talk) 17:04, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
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