twazzock

twazzock
 n.— «Speaker Martin (the libel lawyers’ friend) allowed him leeway but if Mr Prescott is not more succinct next time he may find himself being called to order. Or, as they say in the Prescott household, “shaddup yer great twazzock.”» —“Jacqui Smith could never be mistaken for Brian Sewell” Daily Mail (United Kingdom) July 9, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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