2016 Postmortem

randr

(12,480 posts) Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:39 AM Nov 2016

Can we reintroduce a term from way back? Twit is a noun referring to a stupid or foolish person

People who's logic escaped them where once called "twits"; from Merriam-Webster-- a silly annoying person : fool.
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I think this is a most appropriate term for people who use "twitter" to make asses of themselves.
Donald Trump the embodiment of a "twit" and should be so referred to from hence forth.

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Can we reintroduce a term from way back? Twit is a noun referring to a stupid or foolish person (Original Post) randr Nov 2016 OP

reintroduce? i never stopped using that term. unblock Nov 2016 #1

lol, that was my exact thought TwilightZone Nov 2016 #7

Make it three. n/t Different Drummer Nov 2016 #8

The Twit on Twitter. Historic NY Nov 2016 #2

Twit of the Year Tactical Peek Nov 2016 #3

Describes Trump perfectly. n/t Different Drummer Nov 2016 #9

I'd also like to revive "to blither" Retrograde Nov 2016 #4

Blithering Twit randr Nov 2016 #5

This. n/t Different Drummer Nov 2016 #10

No mythology Nov 2016 #6

unblock

(54,157 posts)

1. reintroduce? i never stopped using that term.

Reply to randr (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:47 AM

Nov 2016

gawd I must be *way* older than i thought!

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)

7. lol, that was my exact thought

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 09:51 PM

Nov 2016

On both counts.

Different Drummer

(8,588 posts)

8. Make it three. n/t

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 09:55 PM

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Historic NY

(37,859 posts)

2. The Twit on Twitter.

Reply to randr (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:55 AM

Nov 2016

Tactical Peek

(1,268 posts)

3. Twit of the Year

Reply to randr (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 12:01 PM

Nov 2016

Different Drummer

(8,588 posts)

9. Describes Trump perfectly. n/t

Reply to Tactical Peek (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 09:55 PM

Nov 2016

Retrograde

(10,653 posts)

4. I'd also like to revive "to blither"

Reply to randr (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 03:05 PM

Nov 2016

as in, to speak nothing but nonsense. The word is now only used in the phrase "blithering idiot", but I can see how it will be useful in the near future. As in, "Ms Conway blithered today...."