twerp

Etymology
Of origin; originally British slang of the 1910s. In a letter, dated 6 October 1944, mentions a contemporary of his at Oxford University T.W. Earp, calling him "the original twerp"; but no corroborating evidence for this etymology has come to light. Other suggestions include: a clipping of ; the onomatopoeic ; a dialectal variant of dwarf (compare Middle English dwerf); Welsh.

Noun

 * 1)  A fool, a twit.
 * 2)  A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
 * 3)  A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
 * 1)  A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
 * 2)  A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
 * 1)  A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
 * 1)  A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).
 * 1)  A person who can be bullied playfully, or easily teased. Sometimes used as a pet-name (often for a younger sibling).

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Russian: ,


 * Russian:
 * Slovak: krpec
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: krpec
 * Spanish: