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How Tweet Is That?

Posted on | August 3, 2009 | 27 Comments

I was writing a direct message to a friend on Twitter when I used a word that did not exist in the OED.

“Sorry about the twuckup,” I wrote.

It wasn’t deliberate. It just happened.

Which led me to ponder over Twitter‘s growing influence on the written word, barely years after text messaging shortened the English language.

And I found a variety of new terms that have sprung up as tweeting becomes popular.

Some are minor variations of the original English word.

Some are interestingly coined.

I wonder when these terms will begin to travel outside Twitter and start becoming part of our vocabulary?

Here are a few that I have compiled from a few sites I visited.

Actwivist
One who uses Twitter messages to advocate/oppose a political, social or environmental cause.

Attwaction
A crush on a fellow twitterer.

Dweet
A tweet made under the influence of alcohol.

Illtwitterate
The uninitiated. (You should be knowing this!)

Omnipotwit
An all knowing, all powerful deity on Twitter.

Puntwit
An authority on Twitter. May or may not enjoy such status outside of Twitter.

Regurg-a-tweet
The act of re-tweeting a tweet that someone originally tweeted about you.

Twaddict
One addicted to Twitter.

Twamous
Famous on Twitter.

Twyber Sex
Need I explain?

Twottie
A hot woman on Twitter.

Twawkward
Being awkward on Twitter.

Tweep
Weep on Twitter.

Tweetheart
Twitter + Sweetheart

Tweetup
Twitter + meet-up: a gathering of folks based on a twitter conversation.

Twesaurus
A list of synonyms for terms found in the Twictionary.

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

Twypo
A typo on Twitter

AND HERE IS MY CONTRIBUTION

Twickie
An short but intense exchange of lusty tweets with a Twottie.

Twemble
What you do when your wife discovers the Twickie.

Tweet-talk
What you try desperately to make your wife believe it was all very innocent.

Twivorce
What your wife responds with to your above antics.

Tweep

Yup. That’s all you can do for the rest of your Twitterlife.

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BTW. Feel free to add to the list.

Cheers :-)

Category: Humor, Top Posts, Twitter, Vocabulary
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  • http://www.cockybox.com cockybox

    I am going to save all these. Will surely come in handy. :-) Thanks

  • http://www.cockybox.com Harprabhjot Paul Singh

    I am going to save all these. Will surely come in handy. :-) Thanks

  • http://www.lbhat.com/ bhatnaturally

    haha, good ones! How about:Twitwit: one who posts moronic tweets like 'I am having a club sandwich right now' Tweetabix: what some people in UK have for breakfast

  • lbhat

    haha, good ones! How about:

    Twitwit: one who posts moronic tweets like 'I am having a club sandwich right now'

    Tweetabix: what some people in UK have for breakfast

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Ha Ha :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Ha Ha :-)

  • http://twitter.com/naked2nirvana Naked2Nirvana

    I loved the read, Twanks Rahul.

  • http://twitter.com/naked2nirvana Naked2Nirvana

    I loved the read, Twanks Rahul.

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    :-)

  • http://www.divyasachar.blogspot.com/ Divya Sachar

    hi rahul….thanks for reading my blog…. but somehow i don't recall having sent you any blog link….did i leave it in the comments section of one of your posts? it will be great if you could just refresh my memory a bit bcoz i hope no one's using my identity (it's happened to me before!) :( thanks again,divya (ds)

  • http://www.divyasachar.blogspot.com/ Divya Sachar

    hi rahul….thanks for reading my blog…. but somehow i don't recall having sent you any blog link….did i leave it in the comments section of one of your posts? it will be great if you could just refresh my memory a bit bcoz i hope no one's using my identity (it's happened to me before!) :(
    thanks again,
    divya (ds)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Hey Divya, I was referring to you posting a link to my blog on your homepage :-) Not to worry, nobody commented in your name :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Hey Divya, I was referring to you posting a link to my blog on your homepage :-)
    Not to worry, nobody commented in your name :-)

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  • http://www.dynamic22.org/ Amol Naik

    A very Twott post…!!

  • http://www.dynamic22.org/ Amol Naik

    A very Twott post…!!

  • rads02

    Twable: twittering disjointed fables :-)

  • rads02

    Twable: twittering disjointed fables :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Thanks Rads – you've given me an apt name for my sideblog :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Thanks Rads – you've given me an apt name for my sideblog :-)

  • rads02

    ha, neat!
    Though, wait, I can't find this twable section of yours :

  • rads02

    er, thought I commented. Okay, here we go again.

    Neat@sideblog, though am wondering where it is! :-)

  • http://blinkjet.wordpress.com/ Devina

    Hehehehe….toh tweet! Untwortunately, I am an abstwainer from twitter!!

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    Try Twitter – it's fun Devina

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    @rads – not happy with the look, so trying to find a good way of putting it. The name, Twables, is finalized :-)

  • http://rahuljauhari.com/ Rahul Jauhari

    @rads – not happy with the look, so trying to find a good way of putting it. The name, Twables, is finalized :-)