Jacqueline Wilson falls out with Asda after spelling twit with an 'a'

[MmeLindt]

In the Times today.

The word "twat" was used as an alternative to idiot or twit in our house for years and noone batted an eyelid.

Is it a regional thing?

Amazed tw*t got past the book's editors. How mamy people acutally read the text before it was published?

To me, twt is a mild swearword like 'bgger' which although it has a sexual connotation, that bit has been half forgotten.

oooh yes, I remember the "flowery twats" fawlty towers episode, we were all shocked.

i am from up north and it is used in an offensive way to describe ladies bits,
dh is from down south he uses it to describe someone who is annoying or an idiot

My favourite use of the word "twat" is in a poem by the Victorian Robert Browning. Apparently, he thought the word meant a nun's headdress!

ime twat is a coarse word for describing female genitalia

not as coarse as cunt

It is used as a word to describe an idiot but is on a par with calling someone a shit or a fucker

probably around about on a par with shit

so no, wouldn't want it in children's books

the swimming pool lady was probably wrong btw. The correct term for external genitalia is vulva

I'm in the North Midlands and never knew twat was genitalia. I've always used the word as a noun to mean idiot and as a verb if you twat something you give it a whack.

When we moved to yorkshire, I heard the word twat at school. Used as an insult, but not in a vicious way. I thought, genuinely, it was just the way these strange Yorkshire children said 'twit'
I called my mum a daft twat a couple of days later...my ears didn't stop ringing for weeks
I also though Wanker was a Yorkshirism, like Wassock. Again, got my ears boxed for calling my father a wanker.

People round us have used 'twatted' to mean 'utterly pissed'.
or stolen by someone. As in ''some bastard's twatted my bike.''