Tweetup is a blend of noun tweet, in its sense relating to microblogging, (i.e. a tweet is an entry posted on Twitter), and phrasal verb meet up meaning ‘come together with someone’. It follows a succession of Twitter-related neologisms born out of the explosion in popularity of this form of online messaging. The natural appeal of the word Twitter (and its association with the cute little bird logo), coupled with its capacity for metaphoric extension, has led to Twitter words anchoring themselves very successfully in the public consciousness. So from a simple trademarked name we get verbs twitter and tweet (and associated activity nouns twittering and tweeting), nouns tweet, tweetup, twitterverse (Twitter + universe – the Twitter service and its community of users) and for the users themselves: tweeters, twitterers, tweeps and tweeple (former the blend of tweet and peeps, a slang term for ‘people’ and the latter for Twitter + people) and even the twitterati (the twitter ‘elite’, those people whose ramblings attract large numbers of followers).

Tweetup is a blend of noun tweet, in its sense relating to microblogging, (i.e. a tweet is an entry posted on Twitter), and phrasal verb meet up meaning ‘come together with someone’. It follows a succession of Twitter-related neologisms born out of the explosion in popularity of this form of online messaging. The natural appeal of the word Twitter (and its association with the cute little bird logo), coupled with its capacity for metaphoric extension, has led to Twitter words anchoring themselves very successfully in the public consciousness. So from a simple trademarked name we get verbs twitter and tweet (and associated activity nouns twittering and tweeting), nouns tweet, tweetup, twitterverse (Twitter + universe – the Twitter service and its community of users) and for the users themselves: tweeters, twitterers, tweeps and tweeple (former the blend of tweet and peeps, a slang term for ‘people’ and the latter for Twitter + people) and even the twitterati (the twitter ‘elite’, those people whose ramblings attract large numbers of followers).