Emily Miller at www.PoliticsDaily.com coined the term.
TwitterDead is defined as someone who is said to have died in a tweet, which is retweeted so often that it trends in Twitter so others believe the celebrity is Really Dead. (If you can't follow the previous sentence, you need to get a lesson on Twitter because many people believe it is the future of the web.)
OK, I just made up the term TwitterDead. But I needed a word to describe the phenomenon of social media moving so fast that a rumor of a celebrity death is picked up by other media, but ends up being a fire drill.
TwitterDead is the modern version of the great Mark Twain quote: "The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated."
TwitterDead is defined as someone who is said to have died in a tweet, which is retweeted so often that it trends in Twitter so others believe the celebrity is Really Dead. (If you can't follow the previous sentence, you need to get a lesson on Twitter because many people believe it is the future of the web.)
OK, I just made up the term TwitterDead. But I needed a word to describe the phenomenon of social media moving so fast that a rumor of a celebrity death is picked up by other media, but ends up being a fire drill.
TwitterDead is the modern version of the great Mark Twain quote: "The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated."
These celebrities are alive but TwitterDead: George Clooney, Jeff Goldblum, Harrison Ford, Natalie Portman, Randy Jackson and Britney Spears.
The first TwitterDead on the day Michael died was Randy Jackson of American Idol, which I noticed in trending topics. Bless his still-beating heart, Randy was TwitterDead because of his last name.
Next came the trending of actor Jeff Goldblum who was so TwitterDead that he had to dispel the rumors by going on camera to deny to TMZ and then to appear on the "The Colbert Report."
Other celebrities who got killed off Twitter-style at the end of last week were Harrison Ford, Natalie Portman and Miley Cyrus. Britney Spears was TwitterDead by the weekend.
All's fair in the twitterverse since it's just basically an enormous high school rumor mill. But, my Twitter friends, you have gone too far when you TwitterKill George Clooney. NOT CLOONEY. ANYONE but Clooney!
Stan Rosenfield, Clooney's publicist, contacted TMZ -- which apparently is running the world now -- to dispel the death rumors because he was inundated with calls from mainstream media outlets.
The first TwitterDead on the day Michael died was Randy Jackson of American Idol, which I noticed in trending topics. Bless his still-beating heart, Randy was TwitterDead because of his last name.
Next came the trending of actor Jeff Goldblum who was so TwitterDead that he had to dispel the rumors by going on camera to deny to TMZ and then to appear on the "The Colbert Report."
Other celebrities who got killed off Twitter-style at the end of last week were Harrison Ford, Natalie Portman and Miley Cyrus. Britney Spears was TwitterDead by the weekend.
All's fair in the twitterverse since it's just basically an enormous high school rumor mill. But, my Twitter friends, you have gone too far when you TwitterKill George Clooney. NOT CLOONEY. ANYONE but Clooney!
Stan Rosenfield, Clooney's publicist, contacted TMZ -- which apparently is running the world now -- to dispel the death rumors because he was inundated with calls from mainstream media outlets.
by ElizabethBenson July 18, 2009
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usually (A) lonely girls who think they haven't been understood or (B) normal girls that don't read too often
usually (A) lonely girls who think they haven't been understood or (B) normal girls that don't read too often
Jane: hey guys i need a book suggestion
Girl A: well you can read Twilight, a book about swirling emotions and true love that MOST of you IDIOTS dont believe in!!
Girl B: I L0V3 3DW@RD <33333 SUP3R HAWTTT!!!
Jane: what?
Bob: oh those are twitards, get away
Girl A: well you can read Twilight, a book about swirling emotions and true love that MOST of you IDIOTS dont believe in!!
Girl B: I L0V3 3DW@RD <33333 SUP3R HAWTTT!!!
Jane: what?
Bob: oh those are twitards, get away
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Get the twitard mug.Arrogant assholes on Twitter who think that they're "intellectual" when they post some shitty stolen meme from 4chan beneath the post of some guy they hate that will be forgotten in a day or two, and are then worshiped by Redditors for no reason other than being "Cool".
Derek: Hey Bill look at this spicy meme I sent to this guy that fucking sucks and will be forgotten about as soon as another guy like that appears.
(Bill looks at said meme stolen from a mentally retarded 9 year old from 4 chan)
Bill: Derek, my nigga, stop being such an arrogant asshole. Go outside or watch a movie, because Jesus your fascination with being one of those Twittards has got to stop. Otherwise the only thing you'll be tweeting will be your surgery updates.
(Bill looks at said meme stolen from a mentally retarded 9 year old from 4 chan)
Bill: Derek, my nigga, stop being such an arrogant asshole. Go outside or watch a movie, because Jesus your fascination with being one of those Twittards has got to stop. Otherwise the only thing you'll be tweeting will be your surgery updates.
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Lyndsey was such a twitard that she missed her wedding because it was the same day the new twilight movie came out.
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Twitards are dangerous. Many have attacked innocent people all for saying they didn't like Twilight.
If you see a twitard, act with caution. They may pull a knife on you, throw acid in your face, hit you with Twilight it's self across the face and scratch your eyes out, just to name a few attacks that have happened.
Twitards are dangerous. Many have attacked innocent people all for saying they didn't like Twilight.
If you see a twitard, act with caution. They may pull a knife on you, throw acid in your face, hit you with Twilight it's self across the face and scratch your eyes out, just to name a few attacks that have happened.
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