twibel
twibel is the alternative form of Twibel.
Noun capitalized: Twibel
Twibel (uncountable)
- libel in the form of postings on the Twitter microblogging service
- The most notorious Twitter libel case, sometimes called Twibel cases, involved rocker Courtney Love.2013, Robert Trager, Joseph Russomanno, Susan Dente Ross, The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication, page 154
- Twitter, for example, has a structure (maximum 140 characters) that encourage^([sic]) such [quick, thoughtless] statements, leading to “twibel” actions.2015, Serap Kurbanoglu, Sonja Spiranec, Esther Grassian, Information Literacy, page 105
Forms of twibel
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Origin of twibel
Blend of Twitter + libel.
Questions about twibel
- What does twibel mean?
- Twibel means libel in the form of postings on the Twitter microblogging service.
- What is twibel the alternative form of?
- Twibel is the alternative form of Twibel.
- What part of speech is twibel?
- Twibel is a noun.
Words near twibel in the dictionary
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