A modification of [twat], (literaly, little twat) used as an insult, and is useful when an extra sylable is needed in an amusing poem or suchlike.
> My heavens, isn't Mary and Jimmy's boy a twattock?
> Yes, but what did you expect from those two?

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aligned functional
allo-isoimperatione
allocation of task
andronicuss
angle of polar are
ask ... round
auto-analyzer
Ban Thimongtha
bottletop
bramston
break ... in
break into song
bupati
button holing machine
captivates
coaxial detector
cocurates
contingenct depreciation
contraceptiva
current division ratio
darme
denobilize
dermatoskeleton
Dipetalonema streptocerca
Drenchia
dynamic extension
effect of complementary ion
euro-link
exaggerated test
excited insects
Fakiyska Reka
fango treatment
Fibrinolysinum
fog zone
Fonzaso
get into a temper
glidepath width
grimacers
hellicar
i-unne
Japanese English
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Kinloch Castle
Krishnanagar
land conservation
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leasor
limes null
mainshaft gland
master element
mating gear
melting pot
metal wastage
morcellator
music-driven
national air pollution control agency (napca)
npkc
Oberonia obcordata
Odontoceta
once-ubiquitous
orig.
orl
packing inspection
parallel ports
pastelade
PCI (pellet clad interaction)
Pebas(Pevas)
Phichit
powergen
radio waves
retarding thermal decomposition
right rotation
Sabbatia campestris
Schwan Glacier
screenload
scrunting
secret-society
simillimum
space phase
spinosipella costeminens
stiff-fissured clay
sting hook
summit of vertical curve
tail ender
talk sb's ear off
tegmentum
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thiosulphuric acid
transitional government
type abs
under his arm
unretracted
upper deck door
utility aviation
vector diagram of chrominance signal
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viscosity breaker
vision transmitter output power
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