Twitterism

See also: twitterism

English

Alternative forms

• twitterism

Etymology

From Twitter +‎ -ism.

Noun

Twitterism (plural Twitterisms)

1. A term peculiar to Twitter.
   • 2009, Janelle Randazza, Go Tweet Yourself: 365 Reasons Why Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and Other Social Networking Sites Suck, Adams Media, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2011, Michelle Golden, Social Media Strategies for Professionals and Their Firms: The Guide to Establishing Credibility and Accelerating Relationships, Wiley, →ISBN, page 192:

     There are a few weird Twitterisms that are part of the Twitter shorthand.

   • 2012, Brian J. Dixon, Social Media for School Leaders: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Most Out of Facebook, Twitter, and Other Essential Web Tools, Jossey-Bass, →ISBN:

     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.”

   • 2013, Jane Caro, Antony Loewenstein, Rachel Woodlock, Simon Smart, For God’s Sake, Macmillan, →ISBN:

     To use a Twitterism: facepalm!

   • 2017, Rebecca L. Oxford, Teaching and Researching Language Learning Strategies: Self-Regulation in Context (Applied Linguistics in Action), 2nd edition, New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 266:

     There are always newly coined slang terms, fresh idioms, and these days unexpected “twitterisms” to deal with.

   • 2018, Lindsay Schlegel, Don’t Forget to Say Thank You and Other Parenting Lessons That Brought Me Closer to God, Ave Maria Press, →ISBN, page 16:

     There’s a lot of junk on the internet, but one Twitterism that I find worthwhile is #firstworldproblems.

   • 2018, Tamara Bibby, The Creative Self: Psychoanalysis, Teaching and Learning in the Classroom (Foundations and Futures of Education), Routledge, →ISBN:

     Text speak and the rise of twitterisms like this one (In My Honest Opinion) are causing all sorts of difficulties for grammar and spelling purists.