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tosspot
[taws-pot, tos-]
noun
Literary.a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.
British Slang: Disparaging.a contemptible person, idiot, or loser.
tosspot
/ ˈɒˌɒ /
noun
archaica habitual drinker
slanga stupid or contemptible person
Example Sentences
Slurs like 'tosspot', 'left wing bigot' not useful.
If I had not been sitting next to someone I know and like, who also knew that tosspot has a more specific UK English meaning, I would probably not have screamed my way through my colleague’s talk so rudely.
I Am Pop Slag has advice for NASA, on Lily Rothman’s piece about the new will.i.am songbroadcast to the Earth from Mars: Of all the “musicians” on the planet, why would you pick this little talentless tosspot?
There have followed a number of articles in which the freedom to call Matt Lauer a #tosspot is placed on a line leading ultimately tothe Arab Spring.
Among the sharply-worded tweets coming from Adams were: "Am I alone in wondering why NBColympics think its acceptable topretend this road race is being broadcast live?" and: "Matt Lauer: 'Madagascar, a location indelibly associated with a couple of recent animated movies.' #tosspot" Neither NBC nor Twitter were immediately commenting on the billowing furore.
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