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.
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The description comes from the similar appearance to the ripped edges of a windsock (an item of metrological equipment used to establish wind speed/direction) as used at airports/flying schools, etc., which have become tattered as a result of excessive weather conditions.
The description comes from the similar appearance to the ripped edges of a windsock (an item of metrological equipment used to establish wind speed/direction) as used at airports/flying schools, etc., which have become tattered as a result of excessive weather conditions.
"God, that curry last night was awesome - my arse puckered starrusty sheriff's badgechocolate tea towel holder this morning was like a tattered windsock"
"He was hung like a horse; my twat vadgegrowleryeti's welly looked like a tattered windsock afterwards"
"He was hung like a horse; my twat vadgegrowleryeti's welly looked like a tattered windsock afterwards"
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Basic British white girls who tweet about various topics including how they'd kill for a Chinese/McDonalds,boys, hangovers, slug and lettuce and Love Island. For some reason their generic tweets usually reach at least 10k likes.
Easy to spot as their profile picture is usually them posing in their parents' kitchen before a night out.
Easy to spot as their profile picture is usually them posing in their parents' kitchen before a night out.
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Often has high viewership and likes, many aggressive followers, and loves to use clapping hands. May or may not support violence when opposing views are considered Nazis by said elites or 'more woke' accounts.
Often has high viewership and likes, many aggressive followers, and loves to use clapping hands. May or may not support violence when opposing views are considered Nazis by said elites or 'more woke' accounts.
Woke Twitter in Action
Person 1: Borders may in fact prevent some illegal immigration. And I do think there are racial differences in people....
Woke person 1: Borders are a mechanism to divide perceived racial groups based on hatred and must be removed for societies to thrive and prevention of separating children from families. It is also an egregious attack on the economy as infinity wage slave immigrants will be used to prop up our society through taxation. Race doesn't exist.
Woker Person 2: Supporting borders is akin to Adolf Hitler and Nazis in early stages wanting to separate the Jewish population from the German population. It is also the cause of many historical wars. It is a precursor to fascism and will only lead to violence. Immigration is about love and friendship, when a small group of immigrants attain a visible amount of power they should be lionized as the American dream so the rest of the immigrants don't realize they never will. Race doesn't exist and is contradictory to this and must be denied at all costs because knowledge of evolutionary traits and differences can cause conflict among races and is dangerous thought. Also I don't like white people.
Woke Person 1: CLAPPING HANDS CLAPPING HANDS CLAPPING HANDS CLAPPING HANDS CLAPPING HANDS
Person 1: Borders may in fact prevent some illegal immigration. And I do think there are racial differences in people....
Woke person 1: Borders are a mechanism to divide perceived racial groups based on hatred and must be removed for societies to thrive and prevention of separating children from families. It is also an egregious attack on the economy as infinity wage slave immigrants will be used to prop up our society through taxation. Race doesn't exist.
Woker Person 2: Supporting borders is akin to Adolf Hitler and Nazis in early stages wanting to separate the Jewish population from the German population. It is also the cause of many historical wars. It is a precursor to fascism and will only lead to violence. Immigration is about love and friendship, when a small group of immigrants attain a visible amount of power they should be lionized as the American dream so the rest of the immigrants don't realize they never will. Race doesn't exist and is contradictory to this and must be denied at all costs because knowledge of evolutionary traits and differences can cause conflict among races and is dangerous thought. Also I don't like white people.
Woke Person 1: CLAPPING HANDS CLAPPING HANDS CLAPPING HANDS CLAPPING HANDS CLAPPING HANDS
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Person 2: Logged into Twitter
Person 1: That sucks man, I'm sorry.
Person 2: Logged into Twitter
Person 1: That sucks man, I'm sorry.
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"Yes, Jerry. I know you're a degenerate of the internet."
"*GASP*. How dare you??? I'm going to get a hashtag trending now! #CancelBob!!!"
"Yes, Jerry. I know you're a degenerate of the internet."
"*GASP*. How dare you??? I'm going to get a hashtag trending now! #CancelBob!!!"
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