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randr

(12,477 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

Retrograde

(10,629 posts)
4. I'd also like to revive "to blither"
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...."

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