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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.

@Twaitting

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

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!

DeTweet

Egotwistical

Tending to talk excessively about oneself on Twitter

4braham

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"

Followership

The collective group of Twitter users following a given Twitterer.

Example.

(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

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

Naked twits

A twitterer's unprotected updates.

Fracas

Narcissitwit

Somone 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

@z3bbster

@ArtMooney

@z3bbster

@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

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

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 (Twaitter.com)

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

@z3bbster

@ArtMooney

@z3bbster

@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.

Twebinar

Mashup between Webinar and Twitter

Tweckling

The act of heckling via tweets.

Szetela

Twedia

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

Tweeciprocity

The exchange of a follow for a follow by a twitterer. Example: “I unfollow Tweeps who don’t follow me back. I expect tweeciprocity.” (Twitter + Reciprocity

Noetical

Tweeciprocity ratio

Ratio of followers to those followed. Example: "My tweeciprocity 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

Weep on twitter

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)

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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

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@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.

Twerminology

the study of Twitter terminology

xolotl

Twerp

Anyone who doesn't play nice on Twitter.

Twerrorism

Used instead of terrorism when Twitter is under a hack attack, example: Fight twerrorism, change password

An openly lesbian user on Twitter.

Short form of Twesbian

<lesb0 is such a funny twesbo>

Twescapade

A tweetup of massive proportions, often involving a road trip, eg, "Boise and Portland twitterati are meeting in Bend for a giant twescapade."

OH from wyattwerner

Putting a move on a female Twitterer

1. As in "I'm not getting Twesh with you"

Twestival

A coordinated event, entirely run by volunteers in cities around the world, and 100% of the money raised from these events will go directly to support a charity.

Twetin

(n) A twitter user of subnormal intelligence. Derivation: Twitter + cretin. (Also see twurzel)

Rachel Quilty

RachelQuilty

Twewbie

Someone new to Twitter.  A Twitter newbie.

Twhater

A person who thinks Twitter is dumb

rstevens

Twhither

to ask/tell where one is going via Twitter

Alternate: twither

xolotl

Pronounced as "twee-ah"

Twitter + Mia= A person with the Eating Disorder Bulimia Nervosa who chooses not to recover (known as a "Mia" or to be "ProMia") and uses Twitter to network with other "mias".

Plural Form: "Twias"

Pronounced as "twee-ahs"

See definition for Twia

Twibinary

@z3bbster

@ArtMooney

@z3bbster

@ArtMooney

Twick or Tweet

Twictory

To solve a problem using twitter

wyattwerner

Twiend

Twitter + friend: you follow them and they follow you.

kathrynjones

Twiffle

(n) Trivial nonsense posted on Twitter, usually in response to the question "What are you doing?"

Shoq

Twifling

(a) Describes tweets that disrespect oneself or others or reveal one's innate ghetto-ness

therealjspace

1. (n) A night twitter

2. (n) Twivilian vampire

Twiller

A thriller written via Twitter

Matt Richtel, New York Times blogger

1) (b) Twit + Wimp; An ineffectual, timid, or insecure person on twitter.

2) (n) Twit + Pimp;  Someone representing or promoting a person or idea. <shoq is @weelaura's Twimp>

Twincidence

A coincidence on Twitter, as when two unrelated tweeters tweet about the same subject.

xolotl

Twinsight

A new insight realized via Twitter. Also: an incident in which two people post the exact same

tweet at the exact same time.

selenamarie

Twinterview

Conducting or facilitating an interview via Twitter

@sookiebontemps 

Twintro

Introducing two people to each other through twitter

lpetrides

Twip

A tip about using twitter (Or a tip given on twitter)

@shijualex

Twiplomacy

Using Twitter as a tool for public diplomacy

joelwhitaker

Twiply

An reply to tweet

E.Alashi (@splashup)

(n) Twitter + Clique :  A narrow circle of tweeps associated by common interests or purpose.

<Some of these tweeps only reply to their Twique>

Twirt

verb: the act of flirting publicly via twitter. also, noun: a person in the act of twirting.

nicopolitan

English:A foolish Twitterer.

2: A silly annoying person In the same class as a Twat.

3: Half the sound an owl makes  Twit-Terwoo.

When twitter application has problems, is broken. 
(It could have an alternate meaning: a person who thinks twitter is dumb or doesn't get twitter's usefulness and disparages those who use twitter could be called a twater (twitter hater), but they could also have twitter issues, or twissues.)

wendemm

(n) Twitter etiquette for Twidiot/s.

Rachel Quilty

Rachel Quilty

A person who purposefully starves theirself from Twitter and Tweeting. A Twitterexic is the opposite of a Twitterholic.

Plural form: Twitterexics

People who purposefully starve themselves from Twitter and Tweeting.  Twitterexics are the opposite of Twitterholics.

Singular form: Twitterexic

The sound an 'Owly' makes on twitter

1. A Twitterer thinking of a long term twortship

1. Wise tweets or tweets with profound meanings.
2. Proverbs quoted or coined on Twitter

Twistory

"Twitter history", used in two ways:

(1) The history of a Twitterer's tweets and replies (e.g. "I'm catching up on my twistory")

(2) Important events or milestones that have occurred in the Twitterverse (e.g., "I made twistory today by gaining 10,000 followers").

Also a website that allows a Twitterer's twitter history to be added to calendar applications (http://twistory.net/)

Unknown

Twitaddict

One who is 100% Twitter Addicted... usually fiends when hasn't used Twitter for more than 1 hr.  see: http://TwitAddict.com

@anexemines

@twitaddict

Twitcher

One who follows you just to get a follow back, only to dump you a day later when you don't reciprocate

Twitcrush

Declaring a crush on another twitter user.

See also: Twush

Twitebate

A debate, usually political, between two or more parties on Twitter. Usually results in severe follower loss.

Twiterature

Literary works in twitter

@chrisloft

Twitery

Twittered poetry

@chrisloft

Twitfluencer

A Twitter user - you follow - that influences you most (often someone with a massive amount of followers)

4braham

Twitht

\'twih-"th-t\  a thought that is twitted in 140 charecters or less on twitter

pa.t- Have twitht, pr.t Twithting \'twih-"th-tiŋ\, f.t will Twitht

Twitjacking

posting from someones acount or having your account posted from, especially if insulting

&nsp;

Twitorial

Either a Twitter tutorial or giving a tutorial using Twitter

@mavergames

Twitoris

(n)  A sexual organ in female Twitter users that exists soley to induce pleasure.  Service log-in is  not required.

Shoq

Twittarr

A twitter message involving anything related to pirates.

rjb227s

Twitter

1 (n) A service that enables millions of people with nothing to say to say it to millions of people 
 

2 (n)  A Pet Rock you don't have to walk.

Shoq

Twitter Squatter

A person holding on to a twitter username in hope of some personal gain.
"i'm in ur twitr waitin 4 u"

Twitteranti

Twitterati + rant:  Twitterer famed for going off on rants

@lozzy

Twitterati

Twitter + literati (Origin is literati; the literary intelligentsia or educated class).

possibly Susan Tenby

Twittercane

Twitter + hurricane: an overwhelming, swirling vortex of tweets which often leaves those it passes feeling drenched and disheveled.

davidcosand

Twitterdipity

Happening to see or send a tweet that helps you or another tweeter via links, info, connecting, etc. (serendipity)

@mediaChick @brampitoyo

noun

cutting twitter out of one's life for a period of time because twitter is taking up too much of their time.

Twitterers

A group of people whom have Twitter accounts

Twitterfam

an online term of endearment for your followers

possibly geekycybermom

Twitterholic

A person who is addicted to using Twitter.  Also a website showing top twitter user rankings and stats (twitterholic.com)

Twitterization

Twitter's influence on other social media Web sites (such as FB, for example) or any other aspect of society

Twitterluia

Twitter + halleluia: an expression used when something verging on the miraculous has taken place and Twitter was there to see it happen.

possibly davidcosand

Twittermentia

Being unable to remember prior to the last thing posted on Twitter

selenamarie

Twitterminolgy

Twitter + terminology. Specific vocabulary most commonly encountered on Twitter. See also twitterspeak

Twitterpreneur

An entrepreneur on Twitter, or someone creating a Twitter-based startup.

SmallBizBee (darn, & I thought I was coining it. :( @ggroovin)

Twitterpuff

AKA twitpuff - A person who uses Twitter to grandstand or pat themselves on the back for their accomplishments; as in puffing themselves up. (ex. "Just finished biking 65 miles, off to swim 100 laps in the pool - it's hard work shaping the perfect body.") See also egotwistical.

@tsauce

Twitterrhea

A high volume, unpleasant and - occasionally - messy blast of tweets. Can sometimes be contagious.

unfortunately, davidcosand

Twittersation

A conversation conducted on Twitter

Narses

Twitterscuse

One of the many reasons given for Twitter not operating correctly

nwjerseyliz

Twitterspeak

Using language found only in Tweets, words not typically used in normal conversation

sharong

Earliest recorded:

JustinSMV

Twitterview

Twitterverse

(n) The body of Twitter users or community, similar to "blogosphere"

also: Twitterworld, Twittertopia, Twitterviille, Twitteropolis, Twittersphere

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Twittilation

The enjoyment one gets from viewing certain twitpics or reading secret tweets.

Fracas

Twitiquette

Twitter + Etiquette: The relatively unwritten rules of conduct while on Twitter

1: small amount of followers on Twitter

2: to carve up a fellow Twit as if a piece of wood.

ex: "what a lovely twittle society we have on Twitter"

Twitty

Means witty

(n) Twitter + dimwit. A moronic, insipid, or aggressively stupid person on Twitter.

<BobSkankWeasel is a complete dimwit>

First use using this definition

Freakflagflyer

Twivia

1. (n) Someone who does not twitter

2. (n) Someone who has not joined twitter

Rachel Quilty

Rachel Quilty

Twoff

Not on twitter for a long time period ("I've been twoff today")

plitwin

Twollector

Twitter + collector: someone that follows as many others as they can, seemingly valuing the total number collected.

strandloper

Twollower

Twitter + follower: someone that follows you.  If you followed them too they would be twiends.

dkr

Twollywop

(v) To deliver a beatdown verbally or physically if a follower gets out of line

PrincessMahree

Twonanism

Self-referential, self-aggrandising, masturbatory Tweeting

Phil_Adams

To pose a question.

Twonference

A conference on Twitter (or a Conference of Twitters ?)

@shijualex

Twoon

Toon on Twitter

@shijualex

Twoosh

A 140-character tweet, named because of the "whoosh" sound which plays in some clients when a 140-character tweet is received.  I believe that Twitteriffic was the first client to play the sound.

Used with a hashtag (#) on Twitter to tag Twitter orgies. Tworgy is a group of four or more Tweeple sharing cyber sexual public Tweets, i.e., engaging in group cyber sex via Twitter. Tworgy posts are properly tagged #tworgy. Often associated with #swingers.

(v) Having been profoundly-changed by Twitter, such that you ask @god to have pity on atwits & agnostwits

Twoutage

Failure of one or another of Twitter's features.

A Senator on Twitter

Alt:  Twenator

1. Snarky, punny or quippy humor expressed as a Tweet on Twitter.

2. (n) a rumor circulating on social networking sites such as Twitter. It is similar to a tumor in that it continues to grow until it is addressed and proven or disproven.

Shoq

jvsharpe_

@Shoq

@jvsharpe_

Twunch

Lunch - twitter style: loosly organised open invitation lunch meeting among twitter friends

see www.twunch.be

Twunchies

Twunken

Either drunken tweeting or drunk on tweeting

@mavergames

1: Sad as a result of no tweets.

2: Sad as a result of Browser failure.

3: Sad as a result of a Block.

4:'Cos dog bit leg, as in "stop twittering it's dinner time!"

5: Any interuption to the act of Twittering

Retuning back to Twitter after being away for a while.

Twurzel

(n) A Twitter user, usually a newbie (see also tw00b, twewbie), unfamiliar with and confused by twitterminology used by twerds. Derivation: Twitter + 'The Wurzels'. [NB 'The Wurzels' are a British Scrumpy and Western band from Somerset, a county whose residents are stereotypically thought of as being persons of subnormal intelligence]. See also twetin.

Twush

An intense and usually passing romantic infatuation on a twitter user (tweep).

hattalldude

Twypo

A typo on Twitter ("If you exercise regularly and died, you can lose a lot of weight.")

Whoot

Whoot is the Twitter Genie, tweet the command @whoot me when following @whoot to receive a prediction of your future follower count.

@kmesiab