See also: Twp.

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Abbreviation.

Noun edit

twp (plural twps)

  1. Abbreviation of township.
Alternative forms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Welsh twp.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tʊp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊp

Noun edit

twp

  1. (Wales) A fool.
    • 1946, Marguerite Florence Hélène Jervais Evans, Oliver Sandys, Caradoc Evans:
      This is what he said: "Christ is not a twp. He does not want money. He wants no more than your heart and He has got mine."
    • 1968, Glyn Jones, The dragon has two tongues: essays on Anglo-Welsh writers and writing:
      He said if there was a twp more twp than me he would rather be Son Prodigal.

Adjective edit

twp (comparative more twp, superlative most twp)

  1. (Wales) Foolish.
    • 1968, Glyn Jones, The dragon has two tongues: essays on Anglo-Welsh writers and writing:
      He said if there was a twp more twp than me he would rather be Son Prodigal.
    • 2005, Jonathan Bignell, Stephen Lacey, Popular television drama: critical perspectives:
      As I wrote at the time, Terry is the epitome of a 'twp Taffy' and many would argue that this is the only kind of Welsh representation regularly available []

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Welsh edit

Etymology edit

Compare dialectal English tup (fool). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

twp (feminine singular twp, plural twp, equative twped, comparative twpach, superlative twpaf)

  1. stupid
    • 2013, Eminem, Rap God (Welsh translation)[1]
      Paid bod yn dwp! (translation of English Don't be a retard!)
      Don't be stupid!
    Synonym: pŵl

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: twp

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
twp dwp nhwp thwp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “twp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies