Twat

Origin of: Twat

Twat

Originally, twat is a British vulgar word for vagina dates and from the 17th century; sometimes appears as twot. The word was resurrected from the late 19th century and became widely used to mean a foolish, ineffectual person, indicating that its original vulgar meaning had become largely forgotten. Twat now seems to be a more expressive form of twit, but is still sometimes used in its original, vulgar meaning. It is usually quite easy to discern from the context whether twat is being used to describe a foolish, ineffectual person or a vagina.