twerp
or twirp
noun Slang.
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“Melissa the Twerp”Not everyone who writes or calls into Car Talk loves Car Talk.
‘Car Talk’ Hosts to Retire: Best Moments With NPR’s Laughing Mechanics|Caitlin Dickson|June 9, 2012|DAILY BEASTNaturally, they invited her on to co-host on November 5, 1994, an episode later titled, “Melissa the Twerp.”
‘Car Talk’ Hosts to Retire: Best Moments With NPR’s Laughing Mechanics|Caitlin Dickson|June 9, 2012|DAILY BEASTAny man can find a twerp here and there who will go along with cheating, and it doesn't take all that much manhood.
I've been running this twerp back to his masters to see where he went.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
twerp
twirp
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Word Origin for twerp
twerp
of unknown origin; the "Dictionary of American Slang" gives a first reference of 1874 (but without citation), which, if correct, would rule out the usual theory that it is from the proper name of T.W. Earp, a student at Oxford c.1911, who kindled wrath "in the hearts of the rugger-playing stalwarts at Oxford, when he was president of the Union, by being the last, most charming, and wittiest of the 'decadents.' " [Rawson]