twit
noun
[ twɪt ]
• a silly or foolish person.
Similar:
fool,
idiot,
halfwit,
nincompoop,
blockhead,
buffoon,
dunce,
dolt,
ignoramus,
cretin,
imbecile,
dullard,
moron,
simpleton,
clod,
dope,
ninny,
chump,
dimwit,
nitwit,
goon,
dumbo,
dummy,
dum-dum,
dumb-bell,
loon,
jackass,
bonehead,
fathead,
numbskull,
dunderhead,
chucklehead,
knucklehead,
muttonhead,
pudding-head,
thickhead,
wooden-head,
airhead,
pinhead,
lamebrain,
pea-brain,
birdbrain,
zombie,
jerk,
nerd,
dipstick,
donkey,
noodle,
nit,
numpty,
clot,
ass,
goat,
plonker,
berk,
prat,
pillock,
wally,
git,
wazzock,
divvy,
nerk,
twerp,
charlie,
mug,
muppet,
nyaff,
balloon,
sumph,
gowk,
gobdaw,
schmuck,
bozo,
boob,
lamer,
turkey,
schlepper,
chowderhead,
dumbhead,
dumbass,
goofball,
goof,
goofus,
galoot,
dork,
lummox,
klutz,
putz,
schlemiel,
sap,
meatball,
gink,
cluck,
clunk,
ding-dong,
dingbat,
wiener,
weeny,
dip,
simp,
Origin:
1930s (earlier dialect, in the sense ‘talebearer’): perhaps from twit2.
twit
verb
• tease or taunt (someone), especially in a good-humoured way.
• "her playmates could not twit her about her pigtail"
Origin:
Old English ætwītan ‘reproach with’, from æt ‘at’ + wītan ‘to blame’.
twit
noun
• a state of agitation or nervous excitement.
• "we're in a twit about your visit"
Origin:
probably from twitter.
