Ugh. Thirtiesgirl... English is a living language. If people use the word Twat to mean "idiot" or "jerk" then that's what they mean. The origin or original meaning of the word is irrelevant. Do you really think any here think of a vagina as something negative? Or that Dayna, herself a woman, thinks of women negatively? D.ck is a common word, yet when used as an insult - it hardly implies that a person is like a penis. It implies he is arrogant or stupid.
So basically, who cares what words are supposed to mean. Focus on what they mean at the moment, in context. It makes speaking English a lot more fun.
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