blue checkmark

blue checkmark (plural blue checkmarks)

1. Alternative form of blue check mark.
   • 2019, Erik Halvorson, "Past wrongs should be met with grace and forgiveness", The Hillside Collegian (Hillsdale College), 14 February 2019, page A5:

     But when records of bad decisions find their way into the spotlight, it is seemingly impossible to keep the pitchfork-wielding blue checkmarks at bay.

   • 2020, Sean Casey, "The view from the twilight zone", The Stanford Daily (Stanford University), 26 February 2020, page 4:

     But on the night of the caucuses, disaster! The blue checkmarks of rose Twitter caught wind of your plot!

   • 2020, Ryan Bort, "The MAGA Mouthpiece", Rolling Stone, March 2020, page 42:

     "I do think that some of the blue-checkmark brigade backlash on Twitter that you all in the media so predictably overreact to is non-organic," he says, using the Trumpworld shorthand for "verified" Twitter users. (Gaetz is a verified Twitter user.)

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:blue checkmark.