Blog News #2
January 2024

Men saying ‘tw*t’ is just wrong

Smug self-censorship

I’ve removed all instances of ‘tw*t’ (as an insult) from this blog. It’s not as obvious, but it’s the same as the c-word. I realised (too late) men saying ‘tw*t’ as an insult is wrong. It’s crude – in a bad way. (Unless you’re a poet like John Cooper Clarke.) But there’s no satisfactory non-genitalia-related alternative. Twit? Prat? Not quite the same meaning. And ‘tw*t! is such a satisfing expletive to explete! For the last time: Twat!