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twibel1
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Twibel.
Twibel2
alternative twibel
- informalneologismuncountablelibel in the form of postings on the Twitter microblogging service
The most notorious Twitter libel case, sometimes called Twibel cases, involved rocker Courtney Love.
2013, Robert Trager, Joseph Russomanno, Susan Dente Ross, The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication, page 1541 more example
Twitter, for example, has a structure (maximum 140 characters) that encourage^([sic]) such [quick, thoughtless] statements, leading to “twibel” actions.
2015, Serap Kurbanoglu, Sonja Spiranec, Esther Grassian, Information Literacy, page 105
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twibel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twibel
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