Derogitary term, roughly equivalent to idiot. More insulting than berk, but less insulting that gimp.
Thought to originate in the Victorian Era meaning a lower-class foreigner
> You twonks, why didn't you use the laser cannon on the Esperanto?

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学英语单词
Acer pentaphyllum
acrylic-based cement
agar(o)biose
air knocker
alimentary
Aponogetonaceae
articulationist
at-sea maintenance
barnman
bazookas
bent bar
bit by a barn mouse
bona-fide
CBOB
cermet component
clain (le clain riviere)
closed flight plan
controlled released membrane
cross-media ownership
crossreffed
current density
cyclic introduction
cycloiropia
Desargues configurations
desk mounted word processing equipment
diremigio
dirving pulley
dopamelanin
eass
echoing
ejemplo
Ekakrome
electrostatically focus(s)ed tube
engine lubrication system
foot-long
foundationalism
Gagauzes
Gauss' law of the arithmetic mean
gerade scissor
golans
gotta go do something
green frog
grenatite
hornbuckle
hydrograph forecast
interstitial cluster
julich
keep on with
lexical feature
limp-dickedness
lipohyperplasia
lissitzky
Marcilly-en-Gault
maximum relieving module
meteorologic data center
misperceiver
mosaicing
musk-scenteds
naughtiness
neoglycopolymers
neutron-rich
non-recuperative system
nonautonomous system
noncubic
okahatas
organic dye molecule
Ounasjärvi
Pawlik's folds
pilot truss
pinewoods
pinus formosana hay.
plan to do
polycide
port-grave
preternaturality
production plateau
protect from light
Protorosaurus
pyocalyx
radial-force
rajabs
refining time
Sainville
sectional control coupon
shift target
sociological jurist
spectroscopic light sources
Spiculocaulus
spread betting
substrate transfer
superheated molten steel
suture-band
terminal paging
the Coast
theophylline ethanolamine
timing control
torrential cross-bedding
two wheel trailer booster
ultrahigh frequency cathode ray tube
veneridaes
Verkhnyaya Pyshma
worod