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What is a tosspot?

What is a tosspot? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (colloquial, now rare) A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently.
  2. (Britain, slang) A fool, prat; an idiot.
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A flashy tosspot TV weatherman living beyond his means, his lotto hostess girlfriend and a dodgy mate try to rig a lottery win, but have trouble collecting.
Can you do your job properly, or are you a gibbering tosspot?
They're now going back over the call-tape to see what the tosspot actually said.
The performers sometimes elaborated their part of the song with suitable actions, and in particular Tosspot was usually supposed to be drunk and acted accordingly.
And, because of singing commitments, he has also refused parts in There's Only One Jimmy Grimble with Robert Carlyle, and Kathy Burke's new film Tosspot.
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.

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