Twat

in reality, all of this has been a total load of old bollocks
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Re: Twat

Postby Darkness_Fish » 30 Sep 2024, 16:07

I remember hearing/reading at some point that the etymology for twat came from the English civil war. Effectively an insult for someone who could be seen as not to be trusted; at the time of roundheads vs cavaliers, they'd be said to be wearing two-hats, which would therefore be shortened to twat.

Can't find any source for this online to back me up, but I still like the idea.
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Re: Twat

Postby Santa C » 30 Sep 2024, 17:08

Darkness_Fish wrote:I remember hearing/reading at some point that the etymology for twat came from the English civil war. Effectively an insult for someone who could be seen as not to be trusted; at the time of roundheads vs cavaliers, they'd be said to be wearing two-hats, which would therefore be shortened to twat.

Can't find any source for this online to back me up, but I still like the idea.


Yes, an interesting idea



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LMG wrote:If more of the trickier/complex jazzers in the sixties had made records this lush and inviting, the more inventive side of jazz might have caught on.

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Re: Twat

Postby robertff » 30 Sep 2024, 17:10

Not a word I use but thought it was a slang/abusive term for female genitals, alongside another familiar swear word for a part of a female’s genitalia.


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Re: Twat

Postby Santa C » 30 Sep 2024, 18:24

robertff wrote:Not a word I use but thought it was a slang/abusive term for female genitals, alongside another familiar swear word for a part of a female’s genitalia.


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Yes Rob, we know




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LMG wrote:If more of the trickier/complex jazzers in the sixties had made records this lush and inviting, the more inventive side of jazz might have caught on.

Kenny G may never have happened.


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