twitty

From twit[face] (“a fool, an idiot”, noun) +‎ -y (adjectival suffix).^[1] First attested in 1989 (sense 1).

• enPR: twĭt′ē
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪt.iː/
• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪt.i/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈtwət.iː/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈʈwɪʈ.iː/

• Rhymes: -ɪti
• Hyphenation: twit‧ty

twitty (comparative more twitty or twittier, superlative most twitty or twittiest)(slang)

2. (US campus) Silly, foolish, ineffectual.^[1]

   Synonyms: bad, stupid

   • [1989, Pamela Munro, “Tt”, in Slang U.: The Official Dictionary of College Slang‎^[1], 1st edition (non-fiction), quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: Harmony Books, published 1989, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 198, lines 18–21:

     twit fool, lame person, loser | Heʼs such a twit; he always crank-calls me! [C450 1920s British: ‘trivial idiot’]
     → twitty having the characteristics of a twit]

4. (Australia) Nervous.^[1]

   Synonym: clownish

   • 1996, John Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers: The Fair Dinkum Oz Guide to the Racetrack‎^[2], 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Sydney: Ironbark, published 1996, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, →Goodreads, page 285:

     To spend a day with the Hendersons — if you’re like me — would usually end up in your becoming gradually and gently twitty. Twitty is the English vernacular for nervous or clownish.

• “twitty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.