quote tweet

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quote tweet (plural quote tweets)

  1. (Internet) A retweet posted with additional commentary by the retweeter.
    My most liked post is a quote tweet of the president's Arbor Day greetings in which I insinuated that shrubs should also have a holiday.
    • 2016 August 4, Sagal Mohammed, “Kris Jenner is treated by paramedics after nasty car crash”, in Glamour[1], archived from the original on November 11, 2020:
      After being asked if she was driving, she responded with a quote tweet, saying "omg no!!! It was just my mom. My moms car. I rushed to the scene to be by her side becuz she was alone."
    • 2018 May 2, Claire McNear, “How Quote Tweets Helped Ruin Twitter”, in The Ringer[2], archived from the original on November 1, 2020:
      I like quote tweets and use them frequently: to tell bad jokes and scream about the news and speak possibly nonexistent small smartphones into existence.
    • 2020, Yasunobu Sumikawa, Adam Jatowt, “Analyzing history-related posts in twitter”, in International Journal on Digital Libraries, →DOI, page 4:
      Finally, a quote tweet copies the content of another tweet and allows also to add new content. A quote tweet is sometimes called a re-tweet with a comment. In this work, we simply treat all quote tweets as original tweets since they include additional information/text.

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quote tweet (third-person singular simple present quote tweets, present participle quote tweeting, simple past and past participle quote tweeted)

  1. (Internet) To retweet a tweet with additional commentary such as a reaction to or joke about the original post.
    I made a nice post about my engagement and grandma quote tweeted it with a link to an essay about compulsory heterosexuality. What did she mean?
    • 2018 September 26, “Lillard's favorite wrestling moves: Stone Cold Stunner and much more”, in NBC Sports[3], archived from the original on November 11, 2020:
      Last night, Portland Trail Blazers All Star guard Damian Lillard quote tweeted a tweet from Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma regarding their favorite wrestling moves.
    • 2018, David Giles, Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame In Digital Culture, Emerald Insight, →DOI, →ISBN, page 99:
      Stormzy quote tweeting me makes me a little bit gassed.
    • 2020 October 30, Felix Behr, “Zaxby's just announced its entry into the chicken sandwich war”, in Mashed[4], archived from the original on November 6, 2020:
      On October 26th, Zaxby's Twitter account quote tweeted the Popeye's original quote tweet that spawned the chicken sandwich wars of 2019, repeating the phrase "...y'all ready?"