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tweetstorm

tweetstorm noun: a series of tweets posted on the Twitter microblogging service in rapid succession.

Noun

tweetstorm (plural tweetstorms)

  1. (Internet, neologism) A series of tweets posted on the Twitter microblogging service in rapid succession.
    • “The company sent a flood of tweets—actually, we ought to call it what it was, an epically disastrous tweetstorm—aimed squarely at journalist Nancy Jo Sales insisting that the app is about so much more than hooking up.”2015 August 11, Julia Greenberg, “Tinder completely freaked out on Twitter”, in Wired
  2. (Internet, neologism) A storm of controversy arising from tweets posted on Twitter.

Forms of tweetstorm

pluraltweetstorms

Origin of tweetstorm

From tweet + storm.

Questions about tweetstorm

What does tweetstorm mean?
Tweetstorm means a series of tweets posted on the Twitter microblogging service in rapid succession.
What part of speech is tweetstorm?
Tweetstorm is a noun.
What is the plural of tweetstorm?
The plural of tweetstorm is tweetstorms.

Words near tweetstorm in the dictionary

  1. tweeting
  2. tweetings
  3. tweetless
  4. tweetosphere
  5. tweets
  6. tweetstorm
  7. tweetstorms
  8. tweetup
  9. tweetups
  10. tweetworthy
  11. tweety

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