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twathead

twathead noun: term of abuse.

Noun

twathead (plural twatheads)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar) Term of abuse.
    • And suddenly there, you’ll know even then, that you will be badgered, abused, and publicly humiliated by that silly hysterical twathead again and again until you either have to change your phone number or your sex, whichever is less devastating to your social life.1974 October, David Howard, “Calling All Guys: Your Personal Guidebook to the Ins and Outs of Teen Gay Dating”, in National Lampoon, page 36
    • Go and join the society for TWATHEADS, they like people with your talents.1983 March, DebinBlack, “The Replies”, in Strangled, volume 2, number 13, page 24

Examples of twathead in a sentence

  • ‘You can tell the originals from the twatheads, all these fucking Southern dickheads, when we’re 40 you’ll still see us on the terraces boozed up, end up fighting, whatever.1995, Hanif Kureishi, Jon Savage, editors, The Faber Book of Pop, London; Boston, Mass.: Faber and Faber, page 715:
  • She said that she was sorry about today, and I thought she meant she was sorry about me getting shat on by arrogant, no-talent twatheads.1999, Ben Elton, Inconceivable, Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 24:

Forms of twathead

pluraltwatheads

Origin of twathead

From twat + -head.

Questions about twathead

What does twathead mean?
Twathead means term of abuse.
How do you use twathead in a sentence?
‘You can tell the originals from the twatheads, all these fucking Southern dickheads, when we’re 40 you’ll still see us on the terraces boozed up, end up fighting, whatever.
What part of speech is twathead?
Twathead is a noun.
What is the plural of twathead?
The plural of twathead is twatheads.

Words near twathead in the dictionary

  1. twasn't
  2. twat
  3. twat about
  4. twat around
  5. twatfaced
  6. twathead
  7. twatheads
  8. twatish
  9. twatlike
  10. twats
  11. twats about

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