Twitterism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A term peculiar to Twitter.

    "What’s worse is the whole Twitionary, which encourages people to neologize new Twitterisms, making us all talk like we’re the progeny of Elmer Fudd."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Twitterism. alt-of

    "The 140-character limit on messages has caused Twitter users to create and modify their own shorthand codes to help users better use the service and communicate with each other. To help get you up to speed, here are a few of the most common “twitterisms.”"

Example

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"What’s worse is the whole Twitionary, which encourages people to neologize new Twitterisms, making us all talk like we’re the progeny of Elmer Fudd."

Etymology

From Twitter + -ism.

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