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A Twitter Glossary – part 2

Date: 22nd June 2008
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We hear them all the time, terms and slang being bandied about, and many people just nod and smile vacantly, while wondering quietly to themselves “What the Tweet did THAT mean?”

The first in a series of Twictionary tweets aims to shed some light on some of the terms you’ll hear and read about Twitter.

Make sure you don’t miss part 3 by following me on Twitter!

SWOTTER: A service that reads a book to you via Twitter update by update.

TALK WITH TWITTER: Use Twitter with Google Talk

TINYURL: A service that can make URLs small enough to appear on Twitter

TOS: The Twitter Terms of Service. They’re old and out of date for the development of Twitter, you should read them nonetheless.

TWEAKING: What the Techies do when Twitter isn’t working properly

TWEEKEND: Spending your entire weekend posting and reading Twitter messages

TWEET: A short 140-character Twitter message or update

TWEETER: A user of Twitter.

TWEETLATER: Send your Tweets at scheduled times and days. Most commonly used by companies wishing to market their products or services.

TWEETMEME: Find out what’s hot and what’s not in the world of Twitter.

Look out for the Twictionary part 3 – comeing soon to a Twitter blog near you!

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