twunt

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noun

A fool; an extremely objectionable person.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nountwunt (plural twunts)

plural twunts

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKslangvulgarA fool; an extremely objectionable person.

    Is that the twunt who looks like Bill Bailey's younger brother?

    2003 November 29, Thanatos, “Annoying ads”, in uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet)
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    Sorry for being kind of a twunt about other matters, but it's because of posts like this that I don't want to write you off or lose you as a friend.

    2003 August 13, David Watson, “the UN in anime”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)

    Let the pub-dodging twunt embarrass himself with his primitive, witless and repetitive insults.

    2003 October 29, Farlie A, “Peter 'Heather' Thomas!”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet)

    I note that in a recent New Scientist some twunt was advocating the use of C02 pressure washers and acidic/caustic cleaning foams instead of the usual disinfectant approach.

    2005 February 25, David Marshall, “Re: Election Campaign”, in alt.dur.general (Usenet)

    It is completely normal to harbour desires to batter these smug twunts about the head with a hot MacBook Air.

    2011 July 8, Grace Dent, The Guardian, 8 Jul 2011

    “You're so perfect at everything, deal with it yourself. I'm outta here.” [glass shattering] “Okay. That sounded expensive. Terry, Terry, don't be a twunt. What did you break?”

    2023 August 14, May Darmon, “The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse” (9:01 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 4, episode 10, spoken by Korvo (Dan Stevens)

Origin

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APA

twunt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twunt

MLA

“twunt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twunt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twunt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twunt.

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