Re: appalling laziness and presumption?

From: Dr Chris R. Tame (chris@rand.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 19:39:25 MST


In article <3.0.6.32.20010206124848.008d84a0@ariel.its.unimelb.edu.au>,
Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au> writes
>At 05:35 PM 5/02/01 -0600, Chuck Kuecker wrote:
>
>>> twat (twot) n. Obscene
>>> 1. The vulva.
>>> 2. Used as a disparaging term for a woman.
>
>>I think he meant "twit". Freudian slip, anyone?
>
>No, he meant `twat'. The poor thing was so affronted that he compared me to
>the most unpleasant thing he could think of - a woman's genitals.
>
>Ah well.
>
>Damien Broderick

As has already been made clear, the UK vernacular usage - as with many
words - has long lost the connotations of its ancient linguistic
origins. "Twat" does not mean a woman's genitals - it means an
unpleasant or obnoxious individual.

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