Twitterati

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    People, particularly avid or frequent users, who use the microblogging service Twitter. informal, plural, plural-only

    "For amusing one-liners, news, and water-cooler chatter about Palin from the Twitterati, please keep checking in on our "McCain VP Watch" Twitter widget on our blog to the right."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Twitterati. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

    "After all, it gives them - and twitterati in general - recurrent opportunity to troll the CM for being able to find the time to watch scores of films despite being a full-time politician."

Example

More examples

"This meme has really been making the rounds among the Twitterati."

Etymology

Blend of Twitter + literati.

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