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 the goofy Santa Claus savings bank you got from your great-aunt when you were still a twerp.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2018
And can it ever be made clear to an artificial intelligence that everything Mr Collins says reveals him to be a pompous twerp?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2017
“You gotta be kiddin’! This little twerp is the one who messed up your face?”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
"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
Songwriter Tim Minchin pays tribute to "the little twerps" as he collects the gong for best new musical.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2012
I respect that tattoos aren't for everyone, but frankly, I'd sooner have view-obstructing top hats and braying twerps banished from The Season.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 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
