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Twat is a vulgar term for the human Vagina , which can also be used as a derogatory Epithet . In British English, it is pronounced with a short ''a'' (to rhyme with ''bat''). In other areas (eg. Australia and New Zealand ) it is also pronounced with a short "o" sound (to rhyme with ''hot''). Robert Browning famously misused the term in his 1841 poem Pippa Passes , believing it to be an item of nun's clothing: Then owls and bats Cowls and twats Monks and nuns in a cloister's moods Adjourn to the oak-stump pantry Its meaning was in reality the same then as now, Browning's misconception probably having arisen from a line in a 1660 satirical poem, ''Vanity of Vanities'': They talk't of his having a Cardinalls Hat They'd send him as soon an Old Nuns Twat A more contemporary usage (but still early to appear in commercial print) was in Henry Miller 's 1934 novel '' Tropic Of Cancer ''. The novel, widely banned by censors, contains the line, "A man with something between his legs that could... make her grab that bushy twat of hers with both hands and rub it joyfully." Although the term was not notable enough to be included in George Carlin 's original '' Seven Dirty Words '', it was one of four words (the others being Fart , Dick and Turd ) that later made his slightly expanded 11-word version. The term may be an Inherently Funny Word , as it is prone to wordplay, a common example being the dirty pun, "twat did you say? I Cunt hear you." Another well-used joke has an airplane passenger on Trans World Airlines suggesting to a coffee-bearing flight attendant that he would rather sample her "TWA Tea ". More recently, bloggers and internet pundits have used the word as a Parodic Acronym for "The War Against Terror". It is sometimes combined with the Synonym Cunt , to form "twunt". The term is more commonly used to indicate the following:
There is an Urban Legend that "twat" is a term for a Gravid Goldfish . In South African English , the word gwat is used instead of twat; however this has fallen into disuse. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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