a tweet, usually a negative one, that mentions a person without using the @ sign, so that they will not see the message on their Twitter feed. Also a tweet that mentions someone without naming them at all although it is clear who is being referred to.
Subtweets may seem like they empower the subtweeter; actually, the subtweet-ee wins.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 24/07/2014
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Though at first glance the word subtweet looks like a case of simple affixation with the prefix sub-, it’s in fact a shortened form of subliminal tweet (if something is subliminal, it may affect you even though you don’t notice it – hence subliminal tweet).
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Noun☞subtweet
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to post a tweet, usually a negative one, that mentions a person without using the @ sign, so that they will not see the message on their Twitter feed; also to post a tweet that mentions someone without naming them at all although it is clear who is being referred to
If I were to subtweet my boss, Jemima, some people would deem it subtweeting if I wrote: “Jemima Kiss eats too much salt”.