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The word twat is widely used as a derogatory epithet, especially in British English, referring to a person considered obnoxious or stupid. [1]

41 relations: Absolute Radio, Blazing Saddles, British Board of Film Classification, British English, Charles Darwin, Conservative Party (UK), Cunt, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Epithet, Fawlty Towers, Foolishness, George Carlin, Goldfish, Jacqueline Wilson, John Cooper Clarke, Joseph Wright (linguist), Kes (film), Language Log, Mark Liberman, Mel Brooks, Monologue, My Sister Jodie, North American English, Old Norse, Pippa Passes, Pregnancy, Prick (slang), Pussy, Robert Browning, Seven dirty words, Slang, Survey of English Dialects, Tadpole, The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers), The Independent, Vril, Vulgarism, Vulva, Walking Back to Happiness, Windhill and Wrose.

Absolute Radio

Absolute Radio (originally Virgin Radio) is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations.

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Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks.

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British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organization, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public Information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.

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British English

British English is the standard dialect of English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin, (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Cunt

Cunt is a vulgar word for the vulva or vagina and is also used as a term of disparagement.

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician.

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English in the Commonwealth of Nations

The use of the English language in most member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations was inherited from British colonisation.

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Epithet

An epithet (from ἐπίθετον epitheton, neuter of ἐπίθετος epithetos, "attributed, added") is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage.

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Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979.

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Foolishness

Foolishness is the unawareness or lack of social norms which causes offence, annoyance, trouble and/or injury.

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George Carlin

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic.

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Goldfish

The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes.

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Jacqueline Wilson

Dame Jacqueline Wilson (née Aitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist who writes for children's literature.

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John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet".

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Joseph Wright (linguist)

Joseph Wright FBA (31 October 1855 – 27 February 1930) was an English philologist who rose from humble origins to become Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford University.

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Kes (film)

Kes is a 1969 drama film directed by Ken Loach and produced by Tony Garnett.

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Language Log

Language Log is a collaborative language blog maintained by Mark Liberman, a phonetician at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Mark Liberman

Mark Yoffe Liberman is an American linguist.

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Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and composer.

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Monologue

In theatre, a monologue (from μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, "alone, solitary" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience.

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My Sister Jodie

My Sister Jodie is a 2008 children's novel by English author Jacqueline Wilson.

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North American English

North American English (NAmE, NAE) is the most generalized variety of the English language as spoken in the United States and Canada.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Pippa Passes

Pippa Passes is a verse drama by Robert Browning.

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Pregnancy

Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman.

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Prick (slang)

Prick is a vulgar word for penis as well as a pejorative term used to refer to a despicable or contemptible individual.

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Pussy

Pussy is a noun, an adjective, and in rare uses a verb in the English language.

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Robert Browning

Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.

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Seven dirty words

The seven dirty words are seven English-language words that American comedian George Carlin first listed in 1972 in his monologue "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television".

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Slang

Slang is language (words, phrases, and usages) of an informal register that members of special groups like teenagers, musicians, or criminals favor (over a standard language) in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both.

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Survey of English Dialects

The Survey of English Dialects was undertaken between 1950 and 1961 under the direction of Professor Harold Orton of the English department of the University of Leeds.

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Tadpole

A tadpole (also called a pollywog) is the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly that of a frog or toad.

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The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers)

"The Anniversary" is the fifth episode of the second series of BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Vril

The Coming Race is a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, published anonymously in 1871.

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Vulgarism

In the study of language and literary style, a vulgarism is an expression or usage considered non-standard or characteristic of uneducated speech or writing.

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Vulva

The vulva (wrapper, covering, plural vulvae or vulvas) consists of the external female sex organs.

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Walking Back to Happiness

Walking Back to Happiness is the third album by John Cooper Clarke, originally released on 10" clear vinyl in 1979, and long out of print.

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Windhill and Wrose

Windhill and Wrose (population 14,541 - 2001 UK census) is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the districts of Windhill and Wrose around which it is drawn.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twat

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