twoosh

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noun

A tweet which exactly meets the 280-character (previously 140) limit set by microblogging service Twitter.

Scrabble 12

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nountwoosh (plural twooshes)

plural twooshes

  1. InternetslangA tweet which exactly meets the 280-character (previously 140) limit set by microblogging service Twitter.

    Intentionally trying to write a twoosh is almost as challenging as writing haiku, although twooshes do frequently occur on their own!

    2010, Hollis Thomases, Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day, Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 21
    2 more examples

    On Friday, the administration also released some behind-the-scenes footage. It shows an aide, deputy director for online outreach Kori Schulman, complimenting the president for what she calls a “twoosh," or a perfect, 140-character tweet (a Twitter swoosh). "Are you proud of me?" he asks. “It was a record for twooshes," Schulman says. "I'm the twoosh master," Obama says.

    2012 May 25, Michael A. Memoli, “Obama declares himself a 'master tweeter'”, in Los Angeles Times

    5 a.m. Dubuque time: "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart." It was a twoosh, a Twitter term for a tweet of exactly 140 characters.

    2012 December 13, Jim Winter, “OMG! Pope Sends Tweet”, in Telegraph-Herald

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APA

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