twittishness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

twittish +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

twittishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being twittish; ignorant folly; silliness.
    • 2013 March 19, Adam Sherwin, quoting Boris Johnson, “‘Toffishness and twittishness’—Boris Johnson spills beans on Bullingdon Club and reveals childhood ambition to be ‘world king’”, in The Independent[1]:
      “This is a truly shameful vignette of almost superhuman undergraduate arrogance, toffishness and twittishness,” admits Johnson.