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Recent Examples of twerp Most of the movie is a vaguely comical swipe at Napoleon in domestic life—an awkward lover, a jealous husband, an inveterate complainer, and in sum an annoying twerp. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023 Kind of a little twerp, now and again. Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022 What a little twerp! Tolly Wright, Vulture, 2 June 2021 His Abigail is a perfect twerp, the peevish flipside to Pitt's Most Interesting Man in the World shtick. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022 When Briggs leaves Lulu in a (cool, safe) car at night, an animal-rights twerp seeks to break a window with a rock to let in some air, until Briggs advises him why this would be a bad idea. Kyle Smith, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022 That’s the mystery and the magnetism of what the actor’s doing, and without it this Henry would merely be a Lancastrian twerp. BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2019 To that end, its supporting characters are vivid: One step above Travis in the FAM hierarchy is Cody (Théodore Pellerin), a type-A twerp with a masochistic streak. Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2019 The fear is that kids who habitually order Amazon's Alexa to read them a story or command Google's Assistant to tell them a joke are learning to communicate not as polite, considerate citizens, but as demanding little twerps. Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 11 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twerp
Noun
  • Tell me a little bit about the technical side of filming a dwarf and an elf together.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Other new characters include Disa, the first female dwarf ever shown in the Lord of the Rings series.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2022
Noun
  • None of these nobodies is performing like Grimes just yet, and until someone does Grier better get active trying to find a handful of veteran cornerbacks whom this team can call on, and sign to patch up the weakest unit on the team.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
  • And maybe that’s a metaphor for the way a lot of middle-class nobodies feel.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • We are used to viewing video-game protagonists as tireless ciphers.
    Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
  • Second, between February and October 1942, the Germans changed the anatomy of their Enigma cipher machine, meaning the Allies were unable to decode the messages sent to and from U-boats.
    Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Shoppers can’t stop raving about this lightweight yet nourishing moisturizer.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • The low-profile design makes the vacuum lightweight and easy to maneuver.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Your images also need protection from insects and rodents.
    Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
  • Turkeys foraging in agricultural areas in the fall and spring eat mostly waste grains, wild plants, insects, and young grasses.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The new telescope does, though, have a whippersnapper nipping at its heels.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
  • Now please don’t get the whippersnappers in the GTW offices wrong.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Twerp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twerp. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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