twitty

adj — 2 senses

twitty

adj

AU, UK /ˈtwɪt.iː/ · CA, US, SC /ˈtwɪt.i/

Etymology From twit[face] (“a fool, an idiot”, noun) + -y (adjectival suffix). First attested in 1989 (sense 1).

1

Slang Silly, foolish, ineffectual.

twit fool, lame person, loser | Heʼs such a twit; he always crank-calls me! [C450 1920s British: ‘trivial idiot’] → twitty having the characteristics of a twit[1989, Pamela Munro, “Tt”, in Slang U.: The Official Dictionary of College Slang, 1st edition (non-fiction), quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: Harmony Books, published 1989, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 198, lines 18–21:

2

Australia, Slang Nervous.

To spend a day with the Hendersons — if you’re like me — would usually end up in your becoming gradually and gently twitty. Twitty is the English vernacular for nervous or clownish.1996, John Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers: The Fair Dinkum Oz Guide to the Racetrack, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Sydney: Ironbark, published 1996, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, →Goodreads, page 285:

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