twitlist
twitlist noun: a kill file.
Noun
twitlist (plural twitlists)
- A kill file.
- Have you ever had people you DON'T want to hear from? MEP has a twitlist system. Mail on the twitlist will be discarded and you will be issued a mail messaged indicating the twit(s) tried, and the dear twits will be mailed a friendly message from you at no extra charge.1986 November 25, John Antypas, “MEP Info”, in net.sources (Usenet)
- A lot of the sexual or other harrassment^([sic]) I've seen happen is delivered by private e-mail. Is there any mail software out there that allows a killfile/twitlist for your private mailbox?1993 September 22, Gargravarr, “Apple's Dream for the Future: Communications”, in comp.sys.amiga.advocacy (Usenet)
Verb
twitlist (third-person singular simple present twitlists, present participle twitlisting, simple past and past participle twitlisted)
- To kill file (a user); to add (a user) to a kill file; to twit.
- I concluded almost right away that the Bard had no interest in useful dialog, so I have no use for him. I myself "twitlisted" him almost as soon as I discovered this conference, but I guess some of the rest of you either do not have this facility at your disposal or are uncertain how to use it.1994 February 25, Mark Brabson, “The Bard”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet)
- I was thinking we could maintain a "twitlist" like alt.atheism. I didn't bring this up before because of the hostile nature of this group, everyone would eventually be twitlisted. The christian trolls would twitlist all the non-christians and then vice-versa. However, Jerkel certainly needs some...1998 November 28, Timothy Meyers, “Twitlisting”, in alt.religion.christian-teen (Usenet)
Examples of twitlist in a sentence
- By the way, I nominate this nilwit for the a.a twitlist.1998 September 5, Sterling Crowe, “Stategies for dealing with Atheists”, in aus.religion.christian (Usenet):
- I was thinking we could maintain a "twitlist" like alt.atheism.1998 November 28, Timothy Meyers, “Twitlisting”, in alt.religion.christian-teen (Usenet):
- I didn't bring this up before because of the hostile nature of this group, everyone would eventually be twitlisted.1998 November 28, Timothy Meyers, “Twitlisting”, in alt.religion.christian-teen (Usenet):
Forms of twitlist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | twitlists |
| alternative form | twit list |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | twitlists |
| present participle | twitlisting |
| past participle | twitlisted |
| past | twitlisted |
Origin of twitlist
From twit + list.
Questions about twitlist
- What does twitlist mean?
- Twitlist means a kill file.
- How do you use twitlist in a sentence?
- By the way, I nominate this nilwit for the a.a twitlist.
- What part of speech is twitlist?
- Twitlist can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of twitlist?
- The plural of twitlist is twitlists.
Words near twitlist in the dictionary
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