Ok, ok it's true!

I admit it, I have an addiction! The damn Twitter craze has hit me hard and I’ve been spending an awful amount of time updating the world about... Well actually now that I think about it, I’ve just pretty much rambled on (can you ramble in 140 characters?) about whatever came to mind... Mmmmm, so maybe updating is not the right word... Arrghh, I digress! With me becoming a bit of a fan I thought I’d let you all in on a (not so little) secret. There is now a Twitter DICTIONARY!!! So without further ado my fellow friends and fellow TWEEK’s here it is, so god speed and use it wisely:

The Twictionary

ATTWACTION – a crush on another twitterer.

BLOCK – to stop someone’s tweets appearing in your feed.

DM – direct message.

DWEET – tweet sent while drunk.

EGOTWEETICAL – someone who tweets about themselves too much.

FAIL WHALE – the friendly whale character that appears on Twitter when the website is down.
FOLLOWER – user who follows another person’s tweets.

HANDLE – your Twitter name, beginning with @ – e.g. @joebloggs.

ILLTWITERATE – someone who doesn’t understand Twitter.

IM – instant message.

MICRO-BLOGGING – another phrase for tweeting.

MISTWEET – an error in a tweet, or a tweet you later regret.

NUDGE – a friendly reminder to someone to update their profile.

QWITTER – someone who stops using Twitter.

RETWEET – posting something already posted by another user.

SPEETS – spam tweets.

TWADD – to add someone as a follower.

TWADDLE – boring tweets.

TWAGGLE – gaggle of followers.

TWEAVESDROPPING – reading strangers’ Twitter conversations.

TWEEK – Twitter geek.

TWEET – a post on Twitter.

TWEETERITIS – injury caused by too much twittering, e.g. sore fingers.

TWEETHEART – someone you fall in love with while tweeting.

TWEETOUT – to sign out.

TWENDY – something trendy on Twitter.

TWIRTING – flirting on Twitter.

TWITCH – the need to tweet.

TWITLIT – stories or poems posted via Twitter.

TWITTERATI – the A-list celebrity twitterers.

TWITTICISM – a witty tweet.

140er – a tweet that uses exactly the maximum 140 characters.

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