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Meaning of TWA | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Any of several pygmy tribes of sub-Saharan Africa, or a member of one of those tribes.
    plural, plural-only
  2. Initialism of Trans World Airlines.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. An airliner of Trans World Airlines.
  4. Initialism of teeny-weeny afro (“a short afro hairstyle”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
  5. Initialism of typical white asshole.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ethnic, initialism, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“1956 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Lyrics) - Chuck Berry Flying across the desert in a TWA, / I saw a woman walking across the sand / She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay. / To get a brown-eyed handsome man”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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