Term |
Definition |
Who Coined it?
if known or best guess
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attwaction |
A crush (intellectual or physical) on a fellow twitterer. |
Twaitting |
bacontwits |
A twitter message involving everyone's favorite cut of meat...bacon. |
BaconTwits |
egotwistical |
Tending to talk excessively about oneself on Twitter |
4braham |
fatal attwaction |
The condition afflicting a person who is stalking other twitter users. |
MrsWrite, Twaitting |
followership |
The collective group of Twitter users following a given Twitterer. |
Example. |
illtwitterate |
The uninitiated. Those who "don't get it". |
megan_mcdonald |
Miss# or Mr# |
A way of referring to kids. "Miss3 = 3-year-old daughter" |
sirexkathryn |
NTS |
note to self: |
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pleshette-ed |
Pecked to death (as by Suzanne Pleshette in "The Birds") by replies on Twitter |
hodgman |
RT |
Retweet: tweeting content posted by another user |
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speedtweet |
A grouping/list of favorite or most contacted users ("I've got you on speedtweet") |
wenstrand |
spitter |
A Twitter spammer |
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switch twitter |
Person maintaining multiple Twitter accounts |
toddmintz |
twacklist |
Twitter + blacklist |
after The Twitter Blacklist |
twacklog |
A backlog of tweets |
ahockley |
twammer
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Twitter + spammer: someone that follows many people and post updates with links to web sites akin to those found in spam e-mails. |
martinbowling |
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.") |
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twantwam |
When somebody throws a tantrum |
KCarruthers |
twat
|
Person behind spam Twitter acct |
verso |
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 |
twarmy |
The Twitter army |
docnormal |
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 |
Twebinar |
Mashup between Webinar and Twitter |
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twedia |
Media on Twitter (e.g. @nytimes, @bbcnews, etc.) |
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tweeotches |
Twitter + biotches (slang for bitches) |
monkchips |
tweeps |
Twitter + peeps (friends) |
? |
tweet |
n: single message seen on Twitter, v: act of posting to Twitter |
? |
tweeting out |
Saying goodbye and logging off Twitter |
Clevecarole |
tweetheart(s) |
Twitter + Sweetheart(s) |
possibly MailOurMilitary |
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 |
tweme |
a Meme on Twitter |
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tweople/tweeple |
Twitter + people |
? |
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. |
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twerminology |
the study of Twitter terminology |
xolotl |
twerp |
Anyone who doesn't play nice on Twitter. |
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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. |
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Twesting |
means testing |
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Tweet Vine |
Means the grape vine |
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Twitterers |
A group of people whom have Twitter accounts |
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twetin |
(n) A twitter user of subnormal intelligence. Derivation: Twitter + cretin. (Also see twurzel) |
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twewbie |
Someone new to Twitter. A Twitter newbie. |
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twhater |
A person who thinks Twitter is dumb |
rstevens |
twhither/twither |
to ask/tell where one is going via Twitter |
xolotl |
twictory |
To solve a problem using twitter |
wyattwerner |
twiend |
Twitter + friend: you follow them and they follow you.
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kathrynjones |
twiller |
A thriller written via Twitter |
Matt Richtel, New York Times blogger |
twinsight
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A new insight realized via Twitter. Also: an incident in which two people post the exact same
tweet at the exact same time.
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selenamarie |
twinterview
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Conducting or facilitating an interview via Twitter |
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twintro
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Introducing two people to each other through twitter |
lpetrides |
twiplomacy |
Using Twitter as a tool for public diplomacy |
joelwhitaker |
twirt |
verb: the act of flirting publicly via twitter. also, noun: a person in the act of twirting. |
nicopolitan |
twissues |
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 |
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/)
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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
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twitcher |
One who follows you just to get a follow back, only to dump you a day later when you don't reciprocate |
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twittarr |
A twitter message involving anything related to pirates. |
rjb227s |
twitcrush |
Declaring a crush on another twitter user. |
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twitter squatter |
A person holding on to a twitter username in hope of some personal gain.
"i'm in ur twitr waitin 4 u" |
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twitebate
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A debate, usually political, between two or more parties on Twitter. Usually results in severe follower loss. |
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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 |
twitjacking |
posting from someones acount or having your account posted from, especially if insulting |
@scrambledheads |
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. |
it was davidcosand |
twitterdipity |
Happening to see or send a tweet that helps you or another tweeter via links, info, connecting, etc. (serendipity) |
@mediaChick @brampitoyo |
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) |
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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 |
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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 |
twittiquette |
Twitter + Ettiquette: The relatively unwritten rules of conduct while on Twitter |
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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 |
twitterverse |
The body of Twitter users or community, similar to "blogosphere" |
? |
twitty |
Means witty |
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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.
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dkr |
twonanism
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Self-referential, self-aggrandising, masturbatory Tweeting |
Phil_Adams |
tw00b |
A Twitter n00b. |
@anexemines |
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. |
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twoutage |
Failure of one or another of Twitter's features. |
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twunch |
Lunch - twitter style: loosly organised open invitation lunch meeting among twitter friends |
see www.twunch.be |
twunken |
Either drunken tweeting or drunk on tweeting |
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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. |
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twypo |
A typo on Twitter ("If you exercise regularly and died, you can lose a lot of weight.") |
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tweehab |
Twitter + Rehab: Taking a recovery break from Twitter |
lmull
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twerrorism |
Used instead of terrorism when Twitter is under a hack attack, example: Fight twerrorism, change password |
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twincidence |
A coincidence on Twitter, as when two unrelated tweeters tweet about the same subject. |
xolotl |
twoff |
Not on twitter for a long time period ("I've been twoff today") |
plitwin |
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 |
whoot |
Whoot is the Twitter Genie, tweet the command @whoot me when following @whoot to receive a prediction of your future follower count. |
@kmesiab |
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