Retweet Effect

When a Twitter user with a high number of followers Retweets your tweet, resulting in a flood of activity.

My notifications are going crazy, this must be the retweet effect.

by MSDUK March 13, 2015

Retweet boner

The excitement you get from being retweeted.

That celebrity just retweeted me. It totally gave me a retweet boner.

by Schwaah February 6, 2020

Fake Retweet

When someone pretends to be retweeting (RT) a tweet from a famous person in order to make themselves look like they have famous friends.

This is a Fake Retweet: Wow. Thanks! RT @Slash: You know what band rocks? @strawfootmusic that's who! (Slash never said this, but it's written to make it look like he did.)

by steve9000 October 1, 2010

sub retweet

When someone doesn't even have the balls to subtweet so they find some random deep ass tweet and retweet it about you

Bitch not even sub tweeting me, she's sub retweeting

by Elkbow March 10, 2016

tactical retweet

An offensive blog war maneuver used in a counter attack while trying to spin the truth.

“Sir. We’re getting out ass kicked. We must pull back!”

“Retreat? Bullshit. We will Facebook his right flank and Retweet his ass!”
“Tactical retweet! Brilliant sir! Permission to kiss your ass?”

by Walter von Dichische March 19, 2011

ir-retweet

Expression of angst demonstrated by quickly re-tweeting with a comment. Agitated series of tweets made while irritated.

The more irritating the original thought expressed; the greater probability of furious ir-retweeting.

He was so angered by the reporter's blunt observation that he ir-retweeted the reporter's comment 78 times within the next hour.

by Jules.Sheehy May 19, 2020

Verbal retweet

See also: verbal reblog

When you directly quote/paraphrase a statement you've seen on Twitter.

Jacob: deviously lick my nuts
Alex: stop verbal retweeting and speak to me

by Dogg13_gutz October 28, 2021