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Definition: Twitterese


Twitter terms ("twerms"). Also called "Twerminology." Following is a list of common Twitterese from most popular to least.

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 NO "TW" IN THE NAME

 dweet
   a tweet written while drunk


 TWITTERESE (TWERMINOLOGY)

 tweet
   a single posting

 mistweet
   a tweet later regretted

 Twitter feed
   a stream of tweets

 Twitterer, tweeter
   tweet writer

 co-twitterer
   a second person tweeting
   on the same account

 Twitaholic, Twitterholic
   constant user

 tweeps, tweeple
   writers and followers

 tweetup, Twestival
   a gathering brought together
   via Twitter messages

 Twitterati
   the most popular tweeters

 Twittersphere, Twitterverse,
 Twitosphere
   the entire universe of
   Twitter writers and followers

 twittiquette
   good manners when tweeting

 twam
   Twitter spam
   too many ads or links

 twammer
   a Twitter spammer

 twaffic
   Twitter traffic

 twewbie
   Twitter newbie

 twishing
   Twitter phishing scam
   (see twishing)

 twiller
   a novel as a series of tweets

 twalking
   tweeting while walking or
   stalking someone via Twitter

 twebay
   promoting an eBay item