Is the word "Twunt" a b3ta thing?
As I caught Charlie Brooker using it last night. He also used the term "epic fail".

I think he may be a closet internet g33k....
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 12:33, 12 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I thought this
during the last episode of Screenwipe. He sounds very b3ta.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 12:42, Reply)

Charlie's been around for a very long time
Made a good career from taking the piss out of TV generally.

www.tvgohome.com/ - very old but still rather good.

Wouldn't be surprised if he was a B3tard.
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 13:02, Reply)

Twunt originated here.
Because /board has a limited number of places on the first page, they frown on making unnecessary threads that push work off of the front page too quickly- hence the creation of /talk. They started calling people twunts because it was a contraction of "thread wasting cunt".

Looks like you've spotted one of our lurkers.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 30 Dec 2008, 13:17, Reply)

@Loon
I thought it was a contraction of the words "twat" and "cunt"...I might be wrong though.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 13:18, Reply)

That's what I thought...
But I'll go with the "Thread wasting cunt" abbreviation.

Do you think that in 100 years time, when a future incarnation of QI is being shown, the origins of the word "twunt" will be divulged?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 30 Dec 2008, 13:22, Reply)

@Loon/Empress
What I read somewhere sometime agrees with the Empress but I may be wrong...

So err... Which one of you is Charlie Brooker?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 13:22, Reply)

Meeee!!!





Not really. Sorry.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 13:23, Reply)

Google tells me
that Empress is correct, but my memory is from about six years ago or so of a discussion on /board. Then again, my memory might be faulty...

Unfortunately glassco.cx is gone, and you can't search /board in order of old posts first anymore.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 30 Dec 2008, 13:51, Reply)

While we're on the subject
what happened to glasscock?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 13:55, Reply)

I've also heard it on TV
but long after I started coming here.

Dennis Leary used it in "Rescue Me", giving the "twat/cunt" abbreviation explanation.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 15:08, Reply)

/talk were discussing this last night
apparently twunt was in usage 10 years ago. It's not a b3ta thing.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 15:40, Reply)

.
www.b3ta.com/features/faq/#swear
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 16:37, Reply)