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140ism

A miscommunication in 140 characters or fewer. Often when 140 characters were not enough.

@northfork13

Mitch Burgard

Attwaction

A crush (intellectual or physical) on a fellow twitterer.

@Twaitter

A condition of readiness or availability through direct communication on Twitter.

@ParadoxAdGuy

A twitter user who falsely sees self as superior and shows it with action or inaction. You know the type. Combines twitter, twisted and aristocrat. 

@TheGolfChick 

Bacontwits

A twitter message involving everyone's favorite cut of meat...bacon.

BaconTwits

Investigar com curiosidade os outros twitters.

To investigate with curiosity other Twitters.

Cybertweet

Twitter-based mutual masturbation with someone you wouldn't speak to in real life.

@Shoq

1: A Tweet that stays on the web - for eternity

2: A spaced out tweet...

3: Where a Twitterer will spend his/her days...

4: The time it takes to get a reply on Twitter from some Twits!

Daily Twos

DeTweet

Egotwistical

Tending to talk excessively about oneself on Twitter

4braham

EavesTweeting

To join a conversation that you are not previously part of

The Tweet

@priya_sharma91 & @trupzi

Fatal attwaction

The condition afflicting a person who is stalking other twitter users.

MrsWrite,

a) A delicious Tweet

b) used in its musical form as sung to the tune of "Fergalicious" such as "She's Featherlicious"

(n) The practice of following another twitter account, usually to prompt a reciprocol follow in order to boost follow count, or to encourage the followee to explore the profile fo the follower, whereupon they inevitably see some form of advertising or come-on.

Friendscraping

The act of friending all of a friend's friends, either manually or via a bot. Example: "Dude, I found her by friendsccraping."

Szetela

Hexeet

hoodlinked

Illtwitterate

The uninitiated. Those who "don't get it".

megan_mcdonald

#justsayin

 Knowl or nowl

(v) The act of making a statement, without context, as a disclaimer.

Ex: "Twitter hashtags are getting out of control. #justsayin."

(adj)  knowledge. Used to describe above average subject comprehension.

@LGoulding

 @mmwwaaww

@LGoulding

 @mmwwaaww

Miss# or Mr#

A way of referring to kids. "Miss3 = 3-year-old daughter"

sirexkathryn

@ auto

Naked twits

A twitterer's unprotected updates.

Fracas 

Narcissitwit

Somene in love with the sound of their own tweets.

Variation:  Narcitwit

Shoq

Nitweet

NTS

note to self:

(n) An all knowing, all powerful deity on Twitter.

<@anamariecox is an omnipotwit>

Pleshette-ed

Pecked to death (as by Suzanne Pleshette in "The Birds") by replies on Twitter

hodgman

Puntwit

Someone offering opinion or criticism in an authoritative manner on Twitter. May or may not enjoy such status outside of Twitter.

Shoq

Puntwitocracy

The punditocracy on Twitter, most often discovered in #journotwits

Shoq

@spellblind_twat

@ArtMooney

@ArtMooney

(n) A pattern or system of set procedures, observances, actions and behaviors of a specific group or Twibe

RT

Retweet: tweeting content posted by another user

RTweepartee

(n.) A term for carrying on an argument or discussion via RTs. (RT + Repartee)

Noetical

Speedtweet

A grouping/list of favorite or most contacted users ("I've got you on speedtweet")

wenstrand

Spitter

A Twitter spammer

Stuttering in your tweet.

Repeating a tweet back to back

Switch twitter

Person maintaining multiple Twitter accounts.

toddmintz

Agitated zealot, often racist, protesting any kind of progressive governmental policy and action, often further agitated by large corporate interests, using so-called angry man populism to build and hold political centers of power.

First known use: "RT @Shoq: "Meet Rick Santelli.  Our nation's first Teahadist." - Feb 22, 2010"

@Shoq

@southerntalker

Claims first use on Twitter (unverified). Term had existed as a .com website as of  June 28, 2009.

@ShawnKCastille

Tw00b

A Twitter n00b.  

@anexemines

Twacklist

Twitter + blacklist

after The Twitter Blacklist

Twacklog

A backlog of tweets

ahockley

1: Offering/dealing in illegal Tweets always via DM.

2: Seen following new & inoccent Twitterers.

Twait

A twitter message that is scheduled to be sent in the future. ("Wait to twitter = twait")

rjb227s

Twaitter

A person who holds onto timely tweets and 'waits' to send the message until a later time. (you can use this application to send your 'twait' messages

rjb227s

Twama

@briners

@hanjeehyun

@jessneil

Twammer

Twitter + spammer: someone that follows many people and post updates with links to web sites akin to those found in spam e-mails.

martinbowling

Pronounced as "twann-ah"

Twitter + Ana= A person with the Eating Disorder Anorexia Nervosa who chooses not to recover (known as an "Ana" or to be "ProAna") and uses Twitter to network with other "anas".

Plural Form: "Twanas"

Pronouned as "twann-ahs"

See definition for Twana

@ArtMooney

@ArtMooney

Twandle

Twitter + handle: A Twitter username ("Hey man, what's your twandle?")

kopper

Twang

A tweet from someone in the South. ("Right nice twang y'all posted there, @billybob.")

Twangster

Pronounced as "twon-ah"

Twitter + Wanna= A person who pretends or wants to have an Eating Disorder such as Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa, and uses Twitter to participate in "eating disorder- like" behavior.

Plural Form: "Twannas"

Pronounced as "twon-ahs"

See definition for Twanna

Pronounced as "twon-ah-rex-ic"

Twitter + Wannarexic= A person who pretends or wants to have the Eating Disorder Anorexia Nervosa, and uses Twitter to network with real Anorexics and participate in "eating disorder- like" behavior.

Pronounced as "twon-ah-rex-ics"

See definition for Twannarexic

Twantwam

When somebody throws a tantrum

KCarruthers

Twarmy

The Twitter army

docnormal

Twat

Person behind spam Twitter acct

verso

See: Twyber Sex.

Twatter

Twitter chatter

kerribeauchesne

Twavatar

Twitter avatar (user icon)

xolotl?

Twawkward

Being awkward on Twitter

ahockley

Tweaten

What happens to a tweet when Twitter (or a client app) eats it

sarahgilbert

Tweature

twitter + creature. Any user or account on Twitter that is not identifiable by content as being from a human. As apposed to tweeple, a tweature is the class under which all other unclassifiables belong, including spammers, link listers, people with a small following who use twitter like a chat client exclusively for inside jokes, and any other use or service that is unreal or is impersonal.

sohbet

Twebinar

Mashup between Webinar and Twitter

Tweciprocate

 (Twitter + Reciprocate)  

verb— (used with object)

1. to give and receive reciprocally on Twitter; interchange: to reciprocate favorable or promotional tweets. Example: "We often tweciprocate #FollowFriday tweets about each other."

verb— (used without object)

1. to follow someone back who has just followed you. Example: "If you follow me, I will tweciprocate" (i.e., I'll follow you back.)
2. to return a favor. Example: "When tweeters RT me, I sometimes tweciprocate by putting them on my tweeciprocity list." 

Noetical

Tweckling

The act of heckling via tweets.

Szetela

Twedia

Media on Twitter (e.g. @nytimes, @bbcnews, etc.)

Tweeciprocity

noun— (Twitter + Reciprocity)

1. The exchange of a follow for a follow by a twitterer. Example: “I unfollow Tweeps who don’t follow me back. I expect tweeciprocity.”
2. A reciprocal state or relation between Tweeters. Example: "Their tweeciprocity was evident by how often they RTed each other."

Noetical

Tweeciprocity ratio

(n.) Ratio of followers to those followed. Example: "My tweeciprocity ratio has gotten better since I unfollowed all those freeloading twitchers who weren't following me anymore!"

Noetical 

Tweehab

Twitter + Rehab: Taking a recovery break from Twitter

lmull

Tweek

Twitter geek (Twitter + Geek)

Tweeotches

Twitter + biotches (slang for bitches)

monkchips

Tweep

1) n. A Twitter user. 

2) v. To weep on twitter

1) @shoq

2) shijualex 

Tweeps

Twitter + peeps (friends)

@scottk75

Tweet

n: single message seen on Twitter, v: act of posting to Twitter

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Tweeter

n: a Twitter user; a person who tweets.

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1: As in: 'A woman is only as good as her Tweets'

2: Several sweet messages sent on Twitter

3. "That lady has great tweets, must follow"

Someone who is successful, flourishing, or thriving on Twitter. <Dan Hollings still can't belive his own tweetsperity on Twitter>

Tweet Vine

Means the grape vine

Tweetheart(s)

Twitter + Sweetheart(s)

possibly MailOurMilitary

Tweeting out

Saying goodbye and logging off Twitter

Clevecarole

Tweetsorship

1) Tweetsorship  Curious disappearance of tweets presumed to been archived on the web for future generations to learn from or smirk at.

2) the removal of a Twitter tweet by some refeeding channel, often one's place of employment, or a political opponent.

Shoq

Tweetspeak

"an effect of compulsive posting of tweets, causes excessive compression of thoughts to fit 140 characters"

aldaspook

Tweetup

Twitter + meetup: a gathering of folks based on a twitter conversation (often impromptu)

Tweezure

Twitter seizure

verso

Tweighbor

someone who is a member of your Twitter community

Noetical

Tweighborhood

a group of Twitters who follow one another

Noetical

Tweme

a Meme on Twitter

Tweologism

a new word, meaning or phrase, specific to Twitter

ok2baprincess

Tweeple

Twitter + people

Alternate: Tweople

Twitter user who posts lies or nonsense, then rapidly deletes the tweet before anyone can screen capture it.

Example:  @jimAlger is a serial Tweleter.

@ehson

@VodkaCooler

Twequilibrium

When your number of followers exactly matches the number of people you follow

DavidFeng

Twerd

A twitter nerd, e.g. one who contributes to a twitter dictionary.