Lesson No 28 C—-Vocabulary And Phrases For Twitter
Here are some common terms and phrases used on Twitter:
General Terms
- Tweet: A short message posted on Twitter.
- Twitter user: Someone who has a Twitter account.
- Timeline: The feed of tweets that a user sees.
- Retweet: Sharing someone else’s tweet.
- Like: Showing approval of a tweet.
- Reply: Responding to a tweet.
- Hashtag: A word or phrase preceded by a hashtag symbol (#) used to categorize and search for tweets.
- Mention: Referring to another user by their username (e.g., @username).
- DM: Direct message, a private message sent between two Twitter users.
- Trending: A topic that is being discussed widely on Twitter.
Twitter Slang
- LOL: Laughing out loud
- LMAO: Laughing my ass off
- ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
- BRB: Be right back
- TTYL: Talk to you later
- OMG: Oh my God
- FTW: For the win
Example sentences:
- I just tweeted a funny meme.
- I’m following a lot of news accounts on Twitter.
- Let’s retweet this tweet about climate change.
- I’m going to reply to this person’s tweet.
- The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter is trending today.
