Tweeter

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Noun

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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, Alok Choudhary, quotee, “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.
    • 2013 June 5, Elizabeth Wellington, “Mirror, Mirror: Short do is cool — and ever so stylish”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 184th year, number 5, pages C1C2:
      [André Richard] Baldini and his 12-person styling crew have been giving clients shorter looks since late winter, when supermodel Karlie Kloss inspired a slew of Tweeters, Instagrammers and Pinteresters to try a nape-of-the-neck shag featuring a bit of bang.
    • 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.
    • 2016 January 17, Mary Ann Anderson, “Women Traveling Alone Need to Take Extra Precautions”, in Valley News, volume 64, number 223, page F6:
      As much as Facebookers, Instagrammers, and Tweeters like to post photos and notes on social media sites from faraway, exotic lands, she [Abbie Thompson Harris] said to resist the urge.
    • 2016 March 31, Charles J. Johnson, “Ignoring tragedies not always fault of media”, in Chicago Tribune, 168th year, number 91, page 3:
      Here is the Big Media Secret: We will generally do what you tell us to do. You, the reader, viewer, Tweeter, Facebooker currently hold more power over what is covered than at any time in history.
    • 2018 May 24–26, Shannon Donnelly, “Mulroney family steals the show at royal wedding”, in Palm Beach Daily News, volume 122, number 223, page A8:
      Her [Jessica Mulroney’s] fabulously fit Pippa Middleton-esque figure, swathed in that satiny cobalt, garnered praise from Tweeters and Instagrammers and Facebookers worldwide, who called it a “Pippa Moment.”

Usage notes

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

References

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  1. ^ “How to Tweet”, in Twitter[1], 2018, archived from the original on 2018-01-03:A Tweet may contain photos, GIFs, videos, links, and text. [] How to Tweet
  2. ^ Mikael Thalen (2022 May 25) “Users telling pro-gun politicians to ‘f*ck off’ are getting flagged by Twitter, told to be nicer”, in The Daily Dot[2], archived from the original on 2022-05-25:[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?