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twerp; twirp
noun
an idiot, a fool, a despicable person UK, 1874- The guy she married – a smug, sadistic twirp. — Philip Wylie, Opus 21, p. 64, 1949
- As we had been teaching him slang, his dialogue was larded with a weird mixture of Spanish and American jargon, with emphasis on his favorite word, twerp. — Jennie Darlington and Jane McIlvaine, My Antarctic Honeymoon, p. 132, 1956
- Why, those little twerps at Webster – I can handle ‘em with my pinkie! — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 48, 1957
- I’m tired of breaking in these twerps. — Albert Goldman, Freak Show, p. 215, 1968
- You little twirp. You come one step closer to me and I’ll knock your block off. — Drugstore Cowboy, 1988
- — Ellen C. Bellone (Editor), Dictionary of Slang, p. 25, 1989
- [T]he little twerp walked out on contracts worth a bloody fortune. — John Williams, Cardiff Dead, p. 89, 2000
- We are storing up for ourselves a generation of twerps. — New Statesman, May 2003
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