mistweet

plural mistweets

1. A tweet (message sent on X or (formerly) Twitter) that should not have been sent, such as one that is inappropriate, embarrassing, sent in error, etc.

   In a fit of pique, woman at the National Theatre responded with a stunningly inappropriate mistweet, calling Norris a four-letter word.

   2012, Beth Kanter, Katie Delahaye Paine, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, page 177

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   The job offer was withdrawn and 'Cisco Fatty' became a legendary mistweet and a cautionary tale for all those who blurt out such thoughts without setting their account to private.

   2012, Tim Collins, The Little Book of Twitter: Get Tweetwise!

   The dangers of a mistweet or a mea culpa “about Face” on Facebook are not limited to business owners or senior executives with impaired public relations skills.

   2014, Harvey Thompson, Who Stole My Customer??, page 157

present singular third person mistweets · participle present mistweeting · participle past mistweeted · past mistweeted

1. To send a mistweet.

   If you mistweet, misfire or misrepresent then take the time to think of an appropriate response.

   2014, Deborah Gonzalez, Managing Online Risk: Apps, Mobile, and Social Media Security, page 66

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   Even if you press Delete seconds after you've mistweeted, someone somewhere may have taken a screen shot.

   2013, Aliza Sherman, Danielle Elliott Smith, Social Media Engagement For Dummies

   Having mistweeted some months earlier, Westpac sympathetically responded, 'Hey @nab know the feeling'.

   2014, Sandra Moriarty, Nancy D. Mitchell, William D. Wells, Advertising: Principles and Practice, page 43