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Twitterace 

1. Different genders, ethnicities or people in general who use Twitter.
A. Females who Twitter are Twats.
B. Males that Twitter are Twits
C. People who obsess over one specific individuals Tweets are Twalkers.
D. Twits or Twats that Tweet when their on the pot are just plain gross. TMFI, Do Not Want.
I find myself on Urbandictionary and I do not fit under any category of the Twitterace. This I am thankful for.
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twitterate 

Adj. Literate in Twitter-speak; able to use Twitter.
Doug: Hey man, did you see my last tweet?
Tom: Nah, sorry dude, I'm still not twitterate.
twitterate by UD Phwoar July 26, 2011

TwitterDead 

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."
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.
TwitterDead by ElizabethBenson July 18, 2009

twitteratti 

The twitteratti have taken over the Mission district with the artisan coffee and beer.
twitteratti by Joidviv October 8, 2017

Twitterati 

The Tweet elite, whose feeds attract thousands of followers and whose 140-character spews capture the attention of the rapt who doggedly monitor them.
The Twitterati have simultaneously raised and abased communication to the level of simian savants.
Twitterati by rob reinalda February 13, 2009

TwitterDee and TwitterDum 

Neophite Twitter subscribers that flood followers ( usually relatives or family )with nonsensical tweets escalting in triviality with each subequent tweet from their counterpart.
TwitterDee : Big sale at Macy's!
TwitterDum : Sales at Macys are great!
TwitterDee : Macy's has better sales than anyone!
TwitterDum : Macy's has the best sales ever.

Dave turns off his cell phone. " Geezus, I have to get to a PC pronto...to drop TwitterDee and TwitterDum...Aunt Sara and Aunt Edna . Without hurting their feelings..."

Twitterbater 

A person who has a Twitter account they regularly update and that no one beyond themselves reads. Aware of the lack of traffic, they keep at it, seemingly Twittering only for their own self-gratification or to make themselves feel more important/special.
Guy #1 -- "Hey, guys! You should check out my Twitter page, it's crazy cool!" *walks off*

Guy #2 -- "Think that guy knows no one cares?"

Guy #3 -- "Yeah, definite Twitterbater."
Twitterbater by lumbersmith March 24, 2009