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单词 twirp
释义
twirp
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1n 2v

A twirp is a ridiculous, annoying person. You couldn't be blamed for calling your obnoxious younger brother a twirp.
The more common spelling is twerp, but either way a twirp is silly and drives you crazy. It's not nice to call someone a twirp, so you should save it for emergencies: "You twirp! Why'd you put my phone in the dishwasher?" One theory of twirp's origin says it came from the name T.W. Earp, a controversial student union president at Oxford in 1911, while other experts believe the word didn't appear until the 1920s.
WORD FAMILY
twirp
USAGE EXAMPLES
“Once when I was a young twirp shippin’ on a freighter, a hurricane struck us off the Florida Keys.
Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), Whispering Walls(2011)
1
n someone who is regarded as contemptible
Syn|Hyper
twerp, twit
simple, simpleton
a person lacking intelligence or common sense
2
v make a weak, chirping sound
Syn|Hyper
tweet
go, sound
make a certain noise or sound
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