[z9znz]

Hi. Twatwatcher and lover here. I resent the implication that a twat is a bad thing which need policing.

Yeah, one meaning of the word is synonymous with "fool", but let's not encourage overloading the word since one of the meanings is related to that which is necessary for human life (and is also quite fun) with stupid human behavior.

[HlessClaudesman]

In my experience, having lived in a few English speaking countries, "twat" is commonly understood as a fool, whereas it's derivative "twot" can be used to describe either a fool or for female genitalia. So given this distinction, I am very much pro twot but anti twat.

Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twat

[z9znz]

I get that. I am familiar with the common usage of that word, although I have never seen the spelling with 'o'. The spelling with 'a' appears in dictionaries with definitions including both meanings.

I'm just objecting to the common usage (and also trying to make a joke related to the Birdwatcher objection above).

It's fascinating and unfortunate that (slang) names for human sexual organs often get used as derogatory adjectives for people.

That guy is a d-ck! She's a real tw-t. What a c-nt!

Likewise, the overloading of f-ck is a shame too.

Edit: fixing formatting stuff related to asterisks.

[sfmike]

Ironically It's an implication that something of which is policed is a bad thing.