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2009-05-05 :: scc

A twitterism is defined as a word specific to that of the twitterverse; usually formed by adding “tw” to the beginning of a word, or by adding the latter part a word to “twitter”, or “twit”.
Here are 20 common (and not-so-common!) twitterisms:

twitterverse—Twitter+universe.
twitosphere—Twitter+atmosphere.
twaffic—Twitter+traffic.
tweet—a post made to Twitter.
tweeting—the act of posting to Twitter.
retweet—a re-post of a tweet [...]

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2009-04-26 :: somecanuckchick

Twam (Twitter+Spam) is on the rise and Twammers (Twitter version of a spammer) are finding ways to spam Twitter users every day.
Here are some ways to combat #spam, and deal with spammers:

Check your Twitter notification settings.

You can adjust your Twitter notification settings to view @replies from all, none, or just the people you [...]

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2009-03-31 :: scc

There are a number of Twitter Features I would like to see…
Here are somecanuckchick’s Top 5:

Editing
Editing for content—specifically corrections, or updates, to information contained in a recent tweet—would improve the quality of tweets.
Filters
By filtering tweets, information is directed accordingly. Filters—based on #hashtags—would allow for the selection of information by followers, and for the control [...]

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