What it means
To steal a car, specifically for a joyride. Comes from the police acronym TWOC: Taking Without Owner's Consent. Yorkshire coppers coined it and the word leaked out into everyday speech across the North. Twocking was practically a sport for bored teenagers in the 90s. The word sounds oddly cute for what is technically grand theft auto, which somehow makes it more Yorkshire.
Usage examples
"Some lads twocked a Vauxhall Corsa off the estate and left it parked in a field with the hazards still on, proper effort that."
"A couple of lads twocked a car off the estate and wrapped it round a lamppost."
"He got done for twocking when he was sixteen and never did it again."
Where it comes from
Born as the police acronym TWOC, for Taking Without Owner's Consent, the charge written up for a joyride. Yorkshire officers said it so often it turned into a verb, and twocking spread through northern slang.
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