>>>Reading that I now fully side with you, AND with Naomi. Until today I thought the word was invented here and not a reallife word. Now that I know it actually is a reallife word I think it is a real OFFENSE and INSULT to be regarded as a twit here! Perhaps others can laugh about it, but essentially it is not funny at all.
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>>>Peter, congratulations....once again you've infantalized Naomi...
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>>And once again you have proven to me to have a problem...
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>Peter,
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>The general use of the word "twit", which I believe was introduced by the Brits years and years ago, has never been (as I've interpreted/used it) intended as insulting or defamatory.
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>Friend A may ask me, about friend B, what do you think of B's attitude regarding xxxxxx. I might well reply that he's a twit. It's implied that I was talking about the attitude and all I'm really saying is that I completely disagree with B.
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>To me, to feel insult from the word "twit" is more a problem of language. I can see tht the majority of non-native English speakers might easily get the wrong impression. That's why I took some time to write this.

Jim, thanks for this explanation. Two general comments. First, Naomi too is not a native speaker. Second, the explanation in the dictionaries surely suggests otherwise.