Twitter is my favorite microblogging service. There are many, many glossaries of Twitter vocabulary on the web. So many, in fact, it’s almost overwhelming to a newbie to Twitter.
Let’s come up with the top 10 words that someone new to Twitter should know. Here are eight that I came up with quickly. Can you help round out the list?
- Tweet: Your 140-character (or shorter) message
- Twittering: The act of sending your tweet
- Followers: People who receive your tweets
- Retweet: Forwarding a tweet to your followers
- @ : The symbol that precedes the name of a person you’re replying to
- Tweep: Someone you know on Twitter
- Tweeple: See “tweep”
- Twoops: Accidentally sending a direct (private) message publicly
(And if you’re wondering “what’s Twitter?” see the clear and concise description from Common Craft, the company that specializes in explaining complex things in plain English.)
