Results for "twitter"

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  #FollowFriday / #FF

  The weekly Twitter ritual of recommending accounts to follow.

  #FollowFriday / #FF: The weekly Twitter ritual of recommending accounts to follow. Example: "#FF @biz @ev @jack"

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  trending

  Appearing in Twitter's trending topics list; by extension, popular right now.

  trending: Appearing in Twitter's trending topics list; by extension, popular right now. Example: "#Inception is trending worldwide"

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  smh

  Shaking my head; disappointment in three letters, rising on Twitter in 2010.

  smh: Shaking my head; disappointment in three letters, rising on Twitter in 2010. Example: "AT&T killed unlimited data. smh"

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  hashtag (#)

  hashtag (#): A word prefixed with # to tag a tweet; proposed by Chris Messina in 2007, linked by Twitter in 2009, everywhere by 2010. Example: "#FollowFriday"

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  tweet / RT

  tweet / RT: A Twitter post, and RT for retweet: repeating someone's tweet, by hand ("RT @user") or, from late 2009, with the button. Example: "RT @kimmel: my favorite video of the year...

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  refudiate

  refudiate: Sarah Palin's accidental blend of refute and repudiate, tweeted in July 2010 and named New Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year. Example: "Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate"

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