twirp
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9.9
- noun
- /twɜrp/
- Offensive
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idiota
- I can't believe you chose that twirp as your partner for the project.
Examples
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They now inspire Ahmadinejad, the Taliban, Chavez, China, and the twirp in North Korea.
Blog text (8) -
Just an aside, the last NSA director, Air Force General, can't remember his name, very twirp-like.
Blog text (25) -
The little twirp had framed the goddamned thing, and it was hanging on his office wall.
Fiction book (1991) -
Where have you ever seen anything that looks remotely like a "man's body" in any of these twirps?
Blog text (23) -
For if they're anything less, they shall regress—or, rather, remain—p190 twits and twirps.
Fiction book (1993) -
That twirp always thinks he knows more than everyone else.
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He's such a twirp; he never takes anything seriously.
Synonyms
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4.2
An annoying person who treats others badly
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9.1
A silly annoying person that others do not respect
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8.5
A person who acts silly and annoys other people
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9.9
A person who is unimportant and annoying
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9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
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9.9
A person who annoys others by acting foolish
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly, playful way
A rude, stupid person who annoys others
A rude, foolish person who annoys others
A person who is very foolish and annoying
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Etymology
Twirp is a casual insult that likely came from playful changes to older words like twerp and twit, which both mean 'silly' or 'annoying' people. So calling someone a twirp is a short, informal way to say they are an annoying or unimportant person.