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nounˈsʌbtwiːtˈsəbˌtwēt informal (on the social media application Twitter) a post that refers to a particular user without directly mentioning them, typically as a form of furtive mockery or criticism. while he didn't include Smith's Twitter handle, that didn't stop Smith from seeing the post, taking umbrage, and firing off a subtweet of his own Example sentencesExamples - The problem's not with her mentioning religion. The problem's with her doing it in a passive-aggressive subtweet.
- The perfect subtweet is one that has every reader silently fretting that it's about them, yet remains ambiguous enough that nobody dares ask if they were the target.
- The subtweets were kind of a funny interaction between two NBA bigwigs who come from opposite sides of the social media spectrum.
- Twitter is too literal; even their subtweets can be immediately obvious.
- If you want to be really sneaky, fire out some subtweets.
- Hashtags are a discovery tool, while subtweets are a category of tweets that often purposely evade easy discovery.
- His speech was like one extended subtweet; he repeatedly called out unnamed colleagues as cowards.
- Instead of being confrontational, subtweets are sneakier - they're not the locker room brawls of Twitter, they're the cruel locker-side whispers.
Origin Early 21st century: blend of subliminal and tweet. nounˈsəbˌtwēt informal (on the social media application Twitter) a post that refers to a particular user without directly mentioning them, typically as a form of furtive mockery or criticism. while he didn't include Smith's Twitter handle, that didn't stop Smith from seeing the post, taking umbrage, and firing off a subtweet of his own Example sentencesExamples - The subtweets were kind of a funny interaction between two NBA bigwigs who come from opposite sides of the social media spectrum.
- The problem's not with her mentioning religion. The problem's with her doing it in a passive-aggressive subtweet.
- Twitter is too literal; even their subtweets can be immediately obvious.
- The perfect subtweet is one that has every reader silently fretting that it's about them, yet remains ambiguous enough that nobody dares ask if they were the target.
- Instead of being confrontational, subtweets are sneakier - they're not the locker room brawls of Twitter, they're the cruel locker-side whispers.
- Hashtags are a discovery tool, while subtweets are a category of tweets that often purposely evade easy discovery.
- If you want to be really sneaky, fire out some subtweets.
- His speech was like one extended subtweet; he repeatedly called out unnamed colleagues as cowards.
Origin Early 21st century: blend of subliminal and tweet. |