twerp

[big yankee]

Where does the word twerp come from?

[Quizmonster]

The origin is uncertain, though there is a suggestion that it may be related to a T W Earp, once President of the Oxford University Union. He presumably was a despicable/objectionable person.

[big yankee]

Thank you qm apu

[Headtime]

My Stepfather, always maintained that twerp was the name for a pregnant stickleback! Why, I know not. In the clear view of my adulthood, his thesis seems fundamentally flawed. I'd go for the Oxford answer.