tosser

English

Etymology

to toss + -er. In the British slang senses, toss refers specifically to the masturbate meaning.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒsə(ɹ)

Noun

tosser (plural tossers)

1. (UK, slang, pejorative) A male who masturbates.
2. (UK, slang, pejorative) An objectionable male, often somewhat obnoxious in demeanour.

   That bloke who ripped me off was a right tosser.

3. One who tosses or throws something.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Fletcher to this entry?)

4. (computing) A program that forwards or redirects messages on a bulletin board system.
   • 1995, "sysop", Mail Tosser (on newsgroup comp.bbs.majorbbs)

     Does anyone have a mail tosser that will work with The Major BBS V6.2?

   • 2000, "freshd", FidoGate 4.4.1 - A Fido-Internet gateway and a Fido tosser. (on newsgroup fm.announce)

     FIDOGATE is a Fido-Internet gateway and a Fido tosser.

See also

• tosspot
• wanker

Translations

(slang, pejorative) a masturbator

• Finnish: runkkari (fi)
• French: (slang, pejorative) branleur (fr) m

• Italian: segaiolo (it) m
• Portuguese: punheteiro (pt) m
• Russian: дрочила (ru) (dročíla) m (slang), онанист (ru) (onaníst) m

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