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twit

A dope, a dummy. Someone being silly or not worth taking seriously.

Arrête de faire le twit pis viens m'aider. (Stop being a dope and come help me.)

For parents and educators

Mild. Usually teasing between friends or siblings.

Where it came from

Borrowed from the English 'twit' and listed among Québec French insults.

Also heard as

twitte, fais pas le twit

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