twerp
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On the other hand, Boy Kavalier is such an evil twerp that you want him to stay around long enough to earn the outcome he deserves, whatever that ends up being.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
Aegon, now played by Tom Glynn-Carney, has graduated from silly twerp to vile lout.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
It’s one thing for the league to put up with a dissolute twerp who is sure to deliver a doormat team and who can be fleeced out of high draft choices with laughable ease.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2020
I met Richard Burton once and he’s a little twerp.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2016
The cook must have started taking his trousers right off because now they were shouting, "It's not in there! There's no mice in there, you silly twerp!"
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
"You have first- and second-term twerps that think they know the solution to everything," said former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., who retired in 2007.
From Time ● Jul. 19, 2017
Collecting the prize for best new musical, Minchin praised "the little twerps" in the cast.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013
Songwriter Tim Minchin pays tribute to "the little twerps" as he collects the gong for best new musical.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2012
But he knew it was vital to remember that the evil men who were jeopardising civilisation were also risible little twerps.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2011
“What’s wrong with you twerps today? Stop messing with the napkins!”
From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon
