twatteryn.
/ˈtwat(ə)ri/, /ˈtwɒt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈtwɑdəri/ slang (chiefly British).There is variation in the extent to which this term is regarded as vulgar: see note at twat n. 2.
Stupid or obnoxious behaviour, attitude, speech, etc. Cf. twat n. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour
ribaldyc1330
niceheada1475
simpleness?a1475
foolery1562
motley1575
foolationa1635
simples1637
nonsense1678
follying1818
boobery1829
spoonism1839
moonraking1846
lallygagging1868
bohunkus1918
twattery?1979
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > stupid deed, thought, etc. > practice of
sotting1583
ninnery1600
ninnyism1804
boobyism1805
twattery?1979
?1979 J. Finch Let. in Stand 20 i. 46/2 All this clap-trap about tenderness, intimacy, guiltless sex is just the twattery of today's intellectuals making the pornographic intellectually safe.
1996 Re: Note on Underground Bases in alt.alien.visitors (Usenet newsgroup) 15 Apr. I never ‘enjoyed’ calling you a ‘twat’, but your twattery somewhat necessitated the slur.
2015 S. Morris Tips for Mod. Traveller (e-book, accessed 2 Nov. 2018) In an act of utter twattery he pays someone to reserve two sun loungers for the next morning, so he can have breakfast in bed and wander down the beach like Lord Twat of Twattington.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.?1979