twitlist

English

Etymology

From twit +‎ list.

Noun

twitlist (plural twitlists)

1. (Internet slang) A kill file. [from 1986]
   • 1986 November 25, John Antypas, “MEP Info”, in net.sources‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Have you ever had people you DON'T want to hear from? MEP has a twitlist system. Mail on the twitlist will be discarded and you will be issued a mail messaged indicating the twit(s) tried, and the dear twits will be mailed a friendly message from you at no extra charge.

   • 1993 September 22, Gargravarr, “Apple's Dream for the Future: Communications”, in comp.sys.amiga.advocacy‎^[2] (Usenet):

     A lot of the sexual or other harrassment I've seen happen is delivered by private e-mail. Is there any mail software out there that allows a killfile/twitlist for your private mailbox?

   • 1995 November 9, George Weinstein, “"Gooks" In Olympics”, in rec.martial-arts‎^[3] (Usenet):

     WHOOOHOO!! My first Twit!! Congrads, you made it onto my twitlist. I never thought I would EVER use it!

   • 1998 September 5, Sterling Crowe, “Stategies for dealing with Atheists”, in aus.religion.christian‎^[4] (Usenet):

     By the way, I nominate this nilwit for the a.a twitlist. That's the only thing he's earned in his life, besides a raw asshole from takin' it from his savior a few times too often.

   • 1998 November 28, Timothy Meyers, “Twitlisting”, in alt.religion.christian-teen‎^[5] (Usenet):

     I was thinking we could maintain a "twitlist" like alt.atheism. I didn't bring this up before because of the hostile nature of this group, everyone would eventually be twitlisted. The christian trolls would twitlist all the non-christians and then vice-versa. However, Jerkel certainly needs some recognition so we could try this...

Verb

twitlist (third-person singular simple present twitlists, present participle twitlisting, simple past and past participle twitlisted)

1. (Internet slang, transitive) To kill file (a user); to add (a user) to a kill file; to twit. [from 1994]
   • 1994 February 25, Mark Brabson, “The Bard”, in soc.culture.african.american‎^[6] (Usenet):

     I concluded almost right away that the Bard had no interest in useful dialog, so I have no use for him. I myself "twitlisted" him almost as soon as I discovered this conference, but I guess some of the rest of you either do not have this facility at your disposal or are uncertain how to use it.

   • 1998 November 28, Timothy Meyers, “Twitlisting”, in alt.religion.christian-teen‎^[7] (Usenet):

     I was thinking we could maintain a "twitlist" like alt.atheism. I didn't bring this up before because of the hostile nature of this group, everyone would eventually be twitlisted. The christian trolls would twitlist all the non-christians and then vice-versa. However, Jerkel certainly needs some recognition so we could try this...