Meanings
alternative edshtwt
- InternetneologismuncountableThe community on Twitter of people that self-harm or have eating disorders.
#shtwt #goretwt #edshtwt #shedtwt
2020 December 1, @HAYFALTK, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 16 Dec 20254 more examples
the way non shedtwt thinks we all are pro ed and encourage sh is so funny 😭
2023 September 3, @yaoitomb, X (post), archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025y'all say this every other damn day the problem with shedtwt is that it glorifies self-harming and eat disorders. the subtwts are very anti-recovery, not to mention a lot of people on edtwt are violently fatphobic.
2023 December 16, @pavlovafly, X (post), archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025Hot take canceling people for having secret shedtwt accounts is stupid unless they are actively encouraging people to sh or starve
2024 May 25, @pluviastarz, X (post), archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025I love how edtwt usernames are all cutesy and then shed/shtwt are "master pegger of shedtwt"
2025 May 29, @necros1ne, X (post), archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025
Origin
From SH (“self-harm”) + ED (“eating disorder”) + -twt (“Twitter community”). First attested in 2020.
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shedtwt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shedtwt
“shedtwt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shedtwt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shedtwt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shedtwt.
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