twattiness en · NOUN
Etymology
From twatty + -ness.
Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable, vulgar) The quality of being like a twat.
More than any other musical genre, excepting possibly avant-garde field recordings of firearms, hip-hop lends itself well to expressing one's belief in the twattiness of others. Which is perhaps why the author, possessed by a desire to point fingers, name names, and speak out against arseholes, was drawn to the genre.
2000, “Judge Mental & The Heavy Dread Beat”, in Ed Pinsent, editor, The Sound Projector, number 8, London, →OCLC, page 153, column 2:‘[…] Since you can obviously stand outside yourself for long enough to consider how other people may see you. And your concern about dumping Larry in it also suggests that your level of twattiness could be much lower than you think.’ […] ‘Twattiness, hey?’ she said. ‘That’s pretty original. For a self-helpy rant.’
2014, Chrissie Keighery, chapter 4, in Love Is the New Black, Richmond, Vic.: Hardie Grant Egmont, →ISBN, page 43:My attitude affects your reaction. Your reaction affects my attitude. This is the theory behind being able to talk someone down from heightened twattiness to calm compliance.
2010, Lance Manley, “Glossary”, in Stab Proof Scarecrows, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, page 366: