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Learn the Lingo! twictionary
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| Term | Definition | Who Coined it? (Please link to tweet) | Who Defined It
(Link @twiiterName) |
| 140ism | A miscommunication in 140 characters or fewer. Often when 140 characters were not enough. | @brianglanz | @brianglanz |
| Actwivist | One who uses a Twitter message to advocate or oppose a political, social, or environmental cause. Also: Actwivism. | Mitch Burgard | @northfork13 |
| Aisle-Talk | A collection of twitter lists, showing the tweets of regional wedding vendors. | @irishaisle | @irishaisle |
| Attwaction | A crush (intellectual or physical) on a fellow twitterer. | @Twaitter | |
| Attwacker | Someone that verbally assaults someone on Twitter. A.K.A., a Twamer (one who flames someone) | @paradoxadguy | @ParadoxAdGuy |
| Atwention | A condition of readiness or availability through direct communication on Twitter. | @paradoxadguy |
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| Atwistocrat | 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. | @Twaitter | |
| BackTwound | A custom Twitter Background for business or personal use. | @BackTwounds | @BackTwounds |
| BisbilhoTwittar | Investigar com curiosidade os outros twitters. To investigate with curiosity other Twitters. | @cristianeclebia | @cristianeclebia |
| Bulltwitter | A twitter user who's not truthful when tweeting | @haubrowncow | @haubrowncow |
| Celebritweet | A celebrity who uses Twitter. | @calliekimball | @wordspy |
| Celebtwit | A celebrity who uses Twitter | @IsabelleAnd | |
| Chirpes | A Canarial Disease for which there is no known Tweetment | TeresitaMercado | |
| Commutee | A tweeting commuter on public transport | @commutee | @commutee |
| Cotag | Signature of one user in a multi-user-account like ^BS at the end of a tweet | @CoTweet_Support | @CoTweet |
| Cybertweet | Twitter-based mutual masturbation with someone you wouldn't speak to in real life. | @Shoq | |
| Cybertwernity | 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! | Jeff Cane
| museumcurator |
| Daily Twos
| (n) A tweet by an editor or reader of DailyKos.com, a popular progressive blog, | @Shoq | @Shoq |
| Deja-Tweet | (n.) The overwhelming feeling that you just saw that same tweet, from that same person, 20 minutes ago. | @errandsultd | @errandsultd |
| DeTweet | To delete a Tweet | @Rikki_kweengeek | @Rikki_kweengeek |
| Dweet | A tweet made, perhaps regrettably, while under the influence of alcohol | @nosscaj
| @nosscaj |
| Egotwistical | Tending to talk excessively about oneself on Twitter
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| EavesTweeting | To join a conversation that you are not previously part of | ||
| Fatal attwaction | The condition afflicting a person who is stalking other twitter users. | @Twaitter | |
| ExactoTweet | A tweet that is exactly 140 characters. | Dr. Z | @zeitz |
| Featherette | An underage Twitterer | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Featherlicious | a) A delicious Tweet b) used in its musical form as sung to the tune of "Fergalicious" such as "She's Featherlicious" | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Featherologist | A physician specializing in the diagnosis, care and tweetment of Twitter related diseases | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Featherology | The study of Twitter related diseases such as Nest Ass and Chirpes | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Featheropolis | Urban Twitter city | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Flitter | Tweeting while in flight. | @Indypenelope | @Indypenelope |
| Fly-Bye | Signing off of Twitter | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| FollowFriday | A tag used on Twitter as a way to tell your followers about other Twitterers that are worth following. This is done most often on Fridays. Put the #FollowFriday hash in your message to let others know you're sharing knowledgeable people that they should follow. | @Twaitter | |
| FollowLocals | A tag used on Twitter as a way to tell your LOCAL followers about other LOCAL Twitterers that are worth following. This is done most often on Mondays. Put the #FollowLocals hash in your message to let others know you're sharing knowledgeable LOCAL people that they should follow. | @ccnetworks | @ccnetworks |
| Followorthy | A Twitter user who is worthy of being followed. | @muckp | @wordspy |
| FollowOtimzarSites | A Twitter user who is Otimização de Sites. | @otimizarsites | otimizarsites |
| Followspam | (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. | shoq | @Shoq |
| Friendscraping | The act of friending all of a friend's friends, either manually or via a bot. Example: "Dude, I found her by friendsccraping." | ||
| Gremln | A person who uses social media for their business to create relationships with customers and share information about their products or services. | @Twaitter | |
| Hatriot | An overly zealous, and underly intelligent American conservative, often proud to proclaim their love for the Second Amendment. You know the rest. | @Shoq | @Shoq |
| GetTweet | Acquire Twitter modifications and add-ons | @AJSPM | @AJSPM |
| Hexeet | \'hehks-'eet\ -when one sends a tweet in Hex code | @antiedman | @antiedman |
| hoodlinked | inadvertently using a broken link on twitter | TheTripleO | @TheTripleO |
| ICYMI | In Case You Missed It. Often used when someone reposts a tweet that they already posted in the past. | @libertyrant | @Twaitter
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| Illtwitterate | The uninitiated. Those who "don't get it". | megan_mcdonald | |
| Intwesting | Interesting, as in "intwesting... very intwesting" | Facebook response to @matt_perez | Bill Gross |
| #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. |
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| Manny | Stay at home dad who does all the chores around the house with no fringe benefits | @JohnWArnett | @JohnWArnett |
| MTP | Meat team person | @ auto |
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| METROflock | n. a group of those who follow a municipally significant Tweetpresentative. | @METROmilwaukee | @METROmilwaukee |
| METROroost | n. a subscription or frequently loaded page of municipally significant aggregated METROtweets. | @METROmilwaukee | @METROmilwaukee |
| METROtweet | n. a tweet by some person(s) or some software service nested within some municipally significant geographic locale. | @METROmilwaukee | @METROmilwaukee |
| Miss# or Mr# | A way of referring to kids. "Miss3 = 3-year-old daughter" | sirexkathryn | @Freestyle |
| MRT | Modified ReTweet: Use when you have to edit the original tweet for grammer, spelling, or space for your comments | @kqrpnb | @kqrpnb |
| Naked twits | A twitterer's unprotected updates. | Fracas | |
| Narcissitwit | Somone in love with the sound of their own tweets. Variation: Narcitwit | @Shoq | |
| Nestmakkah | The Twitter version of Hannukkah | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Nestmas | The Twitter version of Christmas | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Nest Ass | The shape of your butt from sitting at the computer Twittering all day | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Nesticillin | The only known cure for Chirpes | @mmlinke | @mmlinke1 |
| Nestography | The topography of your Nest Ass | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Nestologist | A subspecialty of the Featherlogy profession dealing specifically with the diagnosis, care and treatment of Nest Ass | @mmlinke1 | @mmlinke1 |
| Nitweet
| A stupid Tweet | @Rikki_kweengeek | @Rikki_kweengeek |
| NTS | note to self: |
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| Omnipotwit | (n) An all knowing, all powerful deity on Twitter. <@anamariecox is an omnipotwit> | @Shoq | @Shoq |
| Pleshette-ed | Pecked to death (as by Suzanne Pleshette in "The Birds") by replies on Twitter | hodgman | |
| Premature Retweetulation | Retweeting a link without first reading it, only to realize later it was a mistake to. | @Twit_ster | @Twit_ster |
| P.T. | Post Tweet = Post Scriptum (P.S.) + Tweet; that which comes after your statement | ||
| 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 | |
| Raymond Creamcuffing | Recognising a Twitter in public without them recognising you and touching them | @spellblind_twat | @spellblind_twat
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| ReBird | twat who's transformed into a Twitterbird (twitter maniac) | @ArtMooney | |
| Regurg-a-Tweet | (v.) The act of re-tweeting a tweet that someone originally tweeted about you. | @errandsultd | @errandsultd |
| Ritwal | (n) A pattern or system of set procedures, observances, actions and behaviors of a specific group or Twibe | rbucholtz | @rbucholtz |
| RT | Retweet: tweeting content posted by another user |
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| RTweepartee | (n.) A term for carrying on an argument or discussion via RTs. (RT + Repartee) | @Noetical | |
| Serentwipity | Funny, ironic, or thought-provoking pairing or grouping of tweets in a timeline | @weblizard | @weblizard |
| SnoopTwitter | To investigate with curiosity other Twitters. | @cristianeclebia | @cristianeclebia |
| Speedtweet | A grouping/list of favorite or most contacted users ("I've got you on speedtweet") | ||
| Spitter | A Twitter spammer |
| @taralazar |
| Spweet | short for Tweet Spam | ||
| Star Twek | A tweet about or involving anything related to Star Trek. Trekkies who are also tweeple, Star Twek | @Twaitter | |
| Stwittering | Stuttering in your tweet. Repeating a tweet back to back | @Lee_MM | @Lee_MM |
| Switch twitter | Person maintaining multiple Twitter accounts. | ||
| Teahadist | 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 |
| Teapublican | Urban Dictionary: teapublican
A member of the Republican party, with strong anti-government sentiments, who often believes that national security, and expressions of patriotism, corporate fealty, and constitutionalism, are fundamentally more important to America's national character than the general health, education and welfare of its citizens. urbandictionary.com/teapublican | Claims first use on Twitter (unverified). Term had existed as a .com website as of June 28, 2009. | @Shoq |
| Think Tweet | A thought provoking Tweet or Quote. | @UpbeatNow | |
| Ttwweet, tttwwweet | A tweet about tweets; a tweet about tweets about tweets, respectively. Perform s/tw/ttww/ for each additional level of meta. | @laciermaths | @laciermaths |
| TV Twoogling
| Watching a TV show while viewing tweets on google about the show | @kela65 | @kela65 |
| Tw00b | A Twitter n00b. | ||
| Twacker | A computer programming who is hacking Twitter. | @paradoxadguy | @paradoxadguy |
| Twacklist | Twitter + blacklist | after The Twitter Blacklist | |
| Twacklog | A backlog of tweets | ||
| Twaddle | 1: The rubbish Tweets that no one wants to read. 2: A Twitterer with a bad walk, akin to a duck | Jeff Cane | museumcurator |
| Twaddict | 1: One addicted to Twitter 2: One afflicted with a Twaddiction | @NigelFenwick | @NigelFenwick |
| Twafficking | 1: Offering/dealing in illegal Tweets always via DM. 2: Seen following new & inoccent Twitterers. | Jeff Cane | museumcurator |
| Twait | A twitter message that is scheduled to be sent in the future. ("Wait to twitter = twait") | ||
| Twaiter | A misspelling of the word "Twaitter" which means to "wait" to Twitter. The word Twaitter is merely the word Twitter with an "A" added to form the word wait. | 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 |
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| Twam | Short for Tweet Spam | ||
| Twama | n. drama that develops on twitter; twitter drama | hanjeehyun | |
| Twame | Your username on twitter | twitter.com/sponsormentor | @sponsormentor |
| Twamily | Twitter + family: Our Twamily here on Twitter. | @bizopps | @bizopps |
| Twammer
| Twitter + spammer: someone that follows many people and post updates with links to web sites akin to those found in spam e-mails. | ||
| Twamous | (a) Widely known, or honored for achievement on Twitter. | Shoq | @Shoq |
| Twana | 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" | @hunger4plesur | @hunger4plesur |
| Twanas | Pronouned as "twann-ahs" See definition for Twana | @hunger4plesur | @hunger4plesur |
| Twance | Somebody in a twitter trance. | @ArtMooney | |
| Twandle | Twitter + handle: A Twitter username ("Hey man, what's your twandle?") | ||
| Twang | A tweet from someone in the South. ("Right nice twang y'all posted there, @billybob.") |
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| Twanksta
| A "wanna be" Internet tough guy or fake gangster. Think 50 Cent's "wanksta" | @ShawnKCastille | @ShawnKCastille |
| Twankster | A person that pulls pranks, hoax, and jokes on Twitter. | @ShawnKCastille | @ShawnKCastille |
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Twangster | A gangster who tweets on Twitter | @christiaanck | @christiaanck |
| Twanker | A person, organization, or company who uses bad form on or exhibits bad behavior on Twitter. ("The twanker DM'd me trying to tell me how to grow followers") | @jeffreyhayzlett
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| Twanna
| 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" | @hunger4plesur | @hunger4plesur |
| Twannas | Pronounced as "twon-ahs" See definition for Twanna | @hunger4plesur | @hunger4plesur |
| Twannarexic | 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. Plural Form: "Twannarexics" | @hunger4plesur | @hunger4plesur |
| Twannarexics | Pronounced as "twon-ah-rex-ics" See definition for Twannarexic | @hunger4plesur | @hunger4plesur |
| Twansformer | An application that modifies your tweet before you send it. Ex) spell check, shortening URLs, or conversion to text-speak so it fits under 140 characters. is a twansformer. | rjb227s | |
| Twanslator | An application that enables you to translate your tweets or other people's tweets into any other language. | rjb227s | |
| Twantwam | When somebody throws a tantrum | ||
| Twapdoodle | (n) See "Twiffle" | ||
| Twarcissism | Inordinate fascination with oneself betrayed via Twitter; Tweets betraying excessive self-love. | kpoythress | @kpoythress |
| Twarisma | Someone who has an aboundance of Swagger and charisma with their 140 characters on twitter | @drewwilliams27 | @drewwilliams27 |
| Twarma | (n) The bad Karma you get when you don't retweet or promote other Tweeps so they get followers. <@davidGregory has bad Twarma> | @shoq | @Shoq |
| Twarmy | The Twitter army | docnormal | |
| Twass | A twitter ass/jerk | priyankawriting | priyankawriting |
| Twat | Person behind spam Twitter acct | ||
| Twatch | The act of twatching (watching TV while tweeting) | @ktchntrvwr | @ergagit |
| Twasturbation | See: Twyber Sex. | ||
| Twatter | Twitter chatter | ||
| Twottie | A hot woman on Twitter | Jeff Cane | museumcurator |
| Twavatar | Twitter avatar (user icon) | ||
| Twawesome | Awesomeness on Twitter (e.g. "That was a twawesome comeback") | ||
| Twawkward | Being awkward on Twitter | ||
| Tweam | v. To dream about a Twitter contact who you have never met in real life. [Twitter + dream] | etnobofin | wordspy |
| Tweaser | Someone who refers to something juicy (like a racy photo) in a tweet, but then posts no corresponding link. | Fracas | Fracas |
| Tweaten | What happens to a tweet when Twitter (or a client app) eats it | ||
| 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. |
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| Twebinar | Mashup between Webinar and Twitter |
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| Tweaven | Twitter + heaven | @soonermagicfan | @soonermagicfan |
| Tweciprocate | (Twitter + Reciprocate) verb— (used with object)
verb— (used without object)
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| Tweckling | The act of heckling via tweets. | ||
| Twedia | Media on Twitter (e.g. @nytimes, @bbcnews, etc.) |
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| Tweeciprocity | noun— (Twitter + Reciprocity)
| @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 | |
| Tweed | Twitter + feed: A stream of tweets. | michaelowenhill | wordspy |
| Tweefic | (adj) Something great, super, exceptionally good! | rbucholtz | @rbucholtz |
| Tweego | (a.) The over-inflated ego that one gets when one has thousands of Twitter followers. | errandsultd | errandsultd |
| Tweehab | Twitter + Rehab: Taking a recovery break from Twitter | ||
| Tweek | Twitter geek (Twitter + Geek) |
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| Tweekative | Talking or Chatting in Twitter too much | @ladymaryann | @ladymaryann |
| Tweeotches | Twitter + biotches (slang for bitches) | ||
| Tweep | Weep on twitter | ||
| Tweepartee | (n.) A term for carrying on an argument or discussion via tweets. (Tweet +Repartee)
| Noetical | @Noetical |
| Tweeperbole | Exaggeration in Twitter for emphasis or effect, as in Hyberbole - a figure of speech | @ladymaryann | @ladymaryann |
| Tweeple | People in Twitter | @ladymaryann | |
| Tweepliment | A nicety garnered from a good Tweet. | @suzicraig | @suzicraig |
| Tweeps | Twitter + peeps (friends) | @scottk75 | |
| Tweesome | Tweeting at two people at the same time | @ehson | @ehson |
| Tweet | n: single message seen on Twitter, v: act of posting to Twitter | ? | |
| Tweetback | n: a backlink tweet for a blog article | @jansegers | |
| Tweeter | n: a Twitter user; a person who tweets. | ? | |
| Tweet-N-Switch | (n.) Tweeting a URL w/ the promise of valuable or interesting info, only to find it was just a shameless plug. | @errandsultd | @errandsultd |
| Tweets | 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" | Jeff Cane | museumcurator |
| Tweetsperity | Someone who is successful, flourishing, or thriving on Twitter. | @paradoxadguy | ParadoxAdGuy |
| Tweetivity | Referencing the span of time in which someone is actively tweeting or not tweeting or the frequency of tweeting or not tweeting. Also referencing the attention span of someone on Twitter. | ParadoxAdGuy | @paradoxadguy |
| Tweet Vine | Means the grape vine |
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| Tweetheart(s) | Twitter + Sweetheart(s) | possibly MailOurMilitary | |
| Tweeting out | Saying goodbye and logging off Twitter | ||
| Tweetjacking | Hijacking someone's tweet by switching their link for your own and retweeting
it, piggybacking on their authority to drive traffic to your own target page. | nowsourcing & fantomaster | @nowsourcing & @fantomaster |
| Tweetpresentative | n. a type of Tweetregator which represents a constituency of those who wish to tweet in the name of the Tweetpresentative. | @METROmilwaukee | @METROmilwaukee |
| Tweetregator | n. an aggregator of tweets. | @METROmilwaukee | @METROmilwaukee |
| 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" | ||
| TweetTooth | Having a heavy propensity and or primal lust to tweet at all times of the day | @ehson | @ehson |
| Tweetup | Twitter + meetup: a gathering of folks based on a twitter conversation (often impromptu) |
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| Tweetwalking | Twittering whilst asleep | Jeff Cane | museumcurator |
| Tweezing | Incessant marketing via Twitter; the constant commercial pecks, come-ons, and teases that slowly grind down your soul. Similar to spamming, but more coy. | @MarkCzerniec | @MarkCzerniec |
| Tweezure | Twitter seizure | ||
| Tweighbor | someone who is a member of your Twitter community | @Noetical | |
| Tweighborhood | a group of Twitters who follow one another | @Noetical | |
| Twellus | Tell us or give us your opinion about | Melanie at Venator | Melanie at Venator |
| Tweme | a Meme on Twitter |
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| Tweologism | a new word, meaning or phrase, specific to Twitter | ||
| Tweeple | Twitter + people Alternate: Tweople |
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| Tweepular | A popular person on Twitter | @jasontryfon | @drewwilliams27 |
| Tweeting Disorder | When a Tweep has a disordered pattern of Tweeting. | @hunger4plesur | @hunger4plesur |
| Twend | a friend, on Twitter | @katattak | @katattak |
| Tweleter | Twitter user who posts lies or nonsense, then rapidly deletes the tweet before anyone can screen capture it. Example: @jimAlger is a serial Tweleter. | @shoq
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| Twendy | Twitter + trendy. As in, "All the twendy people are doing it." | gmunsey | @gmunsey |
| Twenius | A Tweeting Genius (Purveyor of fine tweets) | @ehson |
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| Twespasser | an encroachment or intrusion of your profile. | @VodkaCooler |
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| Twetiquette | Using proper Twitter manners, behavior, decorum | @christiaanck | @christiaanck |
| Twequilibrium | When your number of followers exactly matches the number of people you follow | ||
| Twerd | A twitter nerd, e.g. one who contributes to a twitter dictionary. |
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* Edit note: To add a line to the table, right click the row and choose row (bfore or after the current row). This is a static wiki page, so please try to keep the list as alphabetical as possible. Thanks.
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Nine Twitter tips for business | Low Cost Social/online presence 4 your brand
Nine Twitter tips for business | Low Cost Social/online presence 4 your brand
Nine Twitter tips for business
How to strike the right balance when using this popular messaging service
Twitter is so red-hot right now that it’s united Shaq and Oprah. It’s also so good at attracting buzzwords that I can’t decide whether to call it a microblogging service or a social-networking Web site. But it doesn’t really matter what you call it, or whether you prefer to follow Ashton Kutcher or Britney Spears. What matters is that users are taking to Twitter in massive numbers. And your business should be there, too.
Does this mean that plumbers need to start posting messages about what they had for breakfast in order to drum up sink-repair orders from desperate Internet hipsters? No, but you can and should use Twitter to connect with your customers, clients, and fans in a way that you couldn’t do before. Here are some tips on how to use Twitter effectively—and a few cautions, as well.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
4 Things to Consider When Creating a Business Logo
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
With all the noise on the web today, good branding is more important than ever. Even if your business is not a cutting edge tech startup, the overall identity of your face on the web, social media, and your storefront should be unified, clean, and compelling.
There’s a lot about doing business on the web that is inexpensive and turn-key: All you need to fire up a basic website, blog, or social media presence is an e-mail address. But no web app can substitute for real design vision, and your logo is the linchpin that ties all of your business’s aesthetics together.
Whether you’re going to hire a pro or put those college art electives to good use, take a moment to heed some advice from the experts about what makes a biz logo “sticky” in the minds of web-savvy consumers.
Building an Army of Hyper-Local, Mobile-Connected Advocates - Advertising Age - DigitalNext
Building an Army of Hyper-Local, Mobile-Connected Advocates
Or, Why Marketers Should Pay Attention to Foursquare
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| Allison Mooney | |
Foursquare bills itself as 50% friend finder, 30% social city guide, 20% nightlife game. Basically, you tell it where you are (a bar, a park, a museum, whatever) by "checking in" (via iPhone app, SMS or mobile site). The service then tells your network of friends, recommends things to do in the area, and awards you points and badges for your activity. It also lets you recommend things other people should do and track what you have done yourself.
Part of the appeal of the service is how it links the digital and "real" worlds -- truly putting the "social" in "social networking." After its big unveiling at SXSW, the service has garnered a passionate and growing base of early adopters (full disclosure: I'm an alpha tester and "super user" myself). The other weekend, some avid Foursquarers in New York even organized a bar crawl, called Town Holler, for people who'd achieved "mayor" status at a certain venue. ....(Con't)
READ MORE Building an Army of Hyper-Local, Mobile-Connected Advocates on Advertising Age - DigitalNext
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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