# twat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twat/811637>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 2, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twat/811637 "2018-04-02T13:35:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twat/811637/41 "2018-04-06T07:27:34Z")

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I can only ever remember hearing it rhyme with cat, but it’s possible that I’ve heard the other one and just assumed it was spelled twot. I do admit I’ve only heard the first one watching British TV, or people deliberately mimicking Brits.

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**Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twat/811637/42 "2018-04-06T09:08:57Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> TWA had great TWA tea. Best in the sky.

My father, a middle-aged man at the time and a bit of a roué, told a joke based on that to a cute young waitress of about 18 or 19 in a busy Kip’s Big Boy restaurant back when that ‘coffee/tea’ ad was running. Right out loud she said, _“ **T.W.A.T**.?! I don’t get it!”_

Everyone in earshot heard this and knew he had just told a dirty joke to this cute young girl. And while worrying about what other people thought was uncharacteristic for my successful self-employed father, he told me he could have crawled under the table.

Shortly after the girl came to work for him. I suspect she eventually became a girlfriend of both of us, though not at the same time. Or at least I hope not. I only know he got really pissed some 30 years later when I happened to mention she had been my first. But she was cute and lively and fun and I remember her fondly to this day. Thanks for the memories.

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**Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twat/811637/43 "2018-04-06T12:43:18Z")

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Another person who’s only heard it as rhyming with “aught”.

E.g., we watched S02E02 of [_Doctor Foster_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Foster_(TV_series)) last night and this was the pronunciation used.

I could imagine someone using the rhymes with “sat” version if there were trying to sneak a milder version by censors or some such.

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