Twitpocalypse

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noun

A massive outage or bug affecting Twitter.

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Meanings

nounTwitpocalypse (plural Twitpocalypses)

plural Twitpocalypses

  1. humorousA massive outage or bug affecting Twitter.

    The Twitpocalypse may have begun today [title]

    2023 February 9, Simon Sharwood, “The Twitpocalypse may have begun today”, in The Register
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    This crash was supposed to happen sometime tomorrow, according to the countdown, but it looks like Twitter has just moved up the Twitpocalypse time to 21:00 GMT, which is 2 PM Pacific/5PM Eastern time today. Yes, in a couple hours.

    2009 June 12, M. G. Siegler, “Twitter Moves Up The Twitpocalypse. All Hell May Break Loose Today.”, in TechCrunch

Origin

Blend of Twitter + apocalypse. Originally referring to the moment when the tweet identifier was expected to reach the 32-bit signed integer limit in June 2009.

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APA

Twitpocalypse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Twitpocalypse

MLA

“Twitpocalypse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Twitpocalypse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Twitpocalypse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Twitpocalypse.

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