Tweeter

See also: tweeter

English

Noun

Tweeter (plural Tweeters)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of tweeter (Twitter user)
    • 2010 January 13, Peter Goodspeed, “Chinese site defaced, prompting retaliation; Iranian hackers strike China”, in National Post, volume 12, number 64, page A15:
      Government attempts to hunt down the bloggers and Tweeters were hampered when international supporters changed their Twitter settings to say they were all in Tehran, making it almost impossible for Iranian officials to sort through the traffic.
    • 2011 January 7, Michael Marot, “Jim Irsay, Indy’s top Tweeter”, in Daily Reporter, page 11:
      Jim Irsay, Indy’s top Tweeter
    • 2011 January 8, quoting Alok Choudhary, “NU expert says stars light up Twitterverse”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 8, page 3:
      For the topic of Haiti … singer Adam Lambert was the most influential Tweeter.
    • 2014 January 10, Sarah Rodman, “Winnings hearts and minds: ‘Enlisted’ producers go to great lengths to ensure that members of the military are on board with new show”, in The Boston Globe, volume 285, number 10, page G 21:
      Biegel was so concerned about the military response that he launched something of a charm offensive by reaching out to skeptical military bloggers and Tweeters who judged the promos as troubling, which he says he understands since it stitches together the wackiest elements of the series.

Usage notes

Tweet and Tweeter are the forms used by Twitter.[1][2]

References

  1. “How to Tweet”, in Twitter: “A Tweet may contain photos, GIFs, videos, links, and text. Looking for information on how to Tweet at someone? Check out our article about how to post replies and mentions on Twitter.”
  2. Mikael Thalen (25 May 2022), “Users telling pro-gun politicians to ‘f*ck off’ are getting flagged by Twitter, told to be nicer”, in The Daily Dot: “[picture from Twitter:] Most Tweeters don’t post replies like this / We’re asking Tweeters to review replies with potentially harmful or offensive language. Want to take another look before Tweeting?”
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