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twirp

[twurp] ,
–noun
twerp.

twerp

[twurp] ,
–noun Slang.
an insignificant or despicable fellow: Her father thinks her boyfriend is just a twerp.
Also, twirp.


Origin:
1920–25; orig. uncert.
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twerp also twirp   (twûrp)   
n.   Slang
A person regarded as insignificant and contemptible.

[Origin unknown.]
twirp   (twûrp)   
n.   Slang
Variant of twerp.
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