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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
twirl + -y
Adjective
twirly (comparative twirlier, superlative twirliest)
- coiled or curly
Etymology 2
Blend of too + early from the question "Am I too early ?" frequently asked of bus drivers, etc. by holders of OAP/senior citizen or similar travel passes that are not valid before a certain time (usually 9:30am).
Noun
twirly (plural twirlies)
- (British, Ireland, slang, sometimes derogatory) an old age pensioner or other elderly person, especially one using public transport.
1986, Working Group on Violence to Road Passenger Transport Staff, Assaults on bus staff and measures to prevent such assaults, HMSO, page 51:Some passengers do try to use passes fraudulently and the time restriction on OAP passes can sometimes lead to arguments (the so-called "twirlies" — "Am I too early?") but seldom to assaults.
1986, Rick Steves, Great Britain in 22 days: a step-by-step guide and travel itinerary, →ISBN, page 52:These are a great hit with "Twirlies" (senior citizens, infamous for using their bus passes "too-early" before rush hour fades).
2007 May 14, Daisy Dart, “Re: Passengers say the stupidest things”, in Bus drivers canteen (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:I once had a twirly get on my bus, well I have had several hundred actually but that's beside the point!
2008, Maureen Harvey, “5 The Breakthrough”, in Pure Evil - How Tracie Andrews murdered my son, deceived the nation and sentenced me to a life of pain and misery, →ISBN:He'd been so desperate to go to the toilet that he'd parked the bus, locked the twirlies on it and run through the gully home!
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