subtweet

A tweet (message posted on the website Twitter) that mentions a Twitter member without using their actual username. Usually employed for negative or insulting tweets; the person you're mentioning won't see the subtweet in their Twitter timeline as it doesn't contain the @ symbol that every Twitter username has.

Someone wants to criticize a person with the username @JohnDoe on Twitter but without that person seeing the tweet in their Twitter timeline. Instead of tweeting "I think @JohnDoe is an idiot" they would subtweet "I think JohnDoe is an idiot" or "I think John Doe is an idiot". In each case the @ symbol is missing so the tweet would not appear in @JohnDoe 's Twitter timeline.

by Bookley December 16, 2012

subtweet

when that ratchet on twitter or instagram says something about one person but doesn't use their name so it's anonymous

subtweeted: "some people need to stop being so fake."
person it's about: "say it to my face lisa!"

by crabs snail February 14, 2017

Subtweet

It's the shortening of "subliminal tweet" which is directly referring to a particular person without mentioning their name or directly mentioning them and it basically indicates that the tweet in which the hashtag is used is a subliminal tweet.

Basically, it's talking about someone behind their back but sort of in their face on Twitter!

Man, I wish this girl would stop subtweeting about me and just say what she has to say directly. Triflin'!

I wish #oneofmyfollowers would stop #subtweeting and just come out with what he wants to say! Ugh!

by SubUrbanBruh August 10, 2010

Subtweet

A form of tweeting that only pussies use because they don't have the balls to @ them

"Hey check twitter, I think someone subtweeted you" "oh man they are such pussies"

by Jake kanjam June 4, 2014

Subtweet Paranoia

a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically elaborated into an organized system given by reading tweets. A person would think, when they see someone subtweet, it is about them.

Tweet: She just gave me the nastiest lasagna ever.

Jim: I saw your tweet. You could've just told me you didn't like my cooking.

John: What are you even talking about? You never even cooked me lasagna. That tweet wasn't about you.

Jim: I'm sorry. I guess I have a case of subtweet paranoia.

by Cinnamon sheen October 16, 2016

Cactus Subtweet

On Twitter a subtweet that gets Direct Messaged to you so you know it is about you.

Julia cactus subtweeted me today, i know because she DM'd it to me.

These cactus subtweets are getting out of hand

by ZiggitZaggle October 15, 2021

elemental subtweet

Elemental subtweet- (n) A subtweet that requires prior knowledge of a situation or person 2 understand or 'snipe' the tweet

Yo did you see jimmy's elemental subtweet? he was talking about that heaux that wouldn't neck him last weekend and used a song lyric.

by edgemazzter October 30, 2013