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Twittermob

noun

Etymology

From Twitter + mob.

  1. derived from mobile
  2. inherited from mob
  3. compounded as twittermob — “Twitter + mob”

Definitions

  1. A group of Twitter users targetting an issue or individual, especially one that forms…

    A group of Twitter users targetting an issue or individual, especially one that forms suddenly and is viewed as hostile.

    • We live in an age when the old media claim to be the voices of calmness and reason amid the storm, comparing themselves favourably with the lawless frontier towns and torch-wielding Twittermobs of social media.
    • What is it about the era we live in that means these kind of Twittermobs can emerge with such speed and ferocity?
    • 2012, David Banks, "How do you prosecute a Twittermob?", 26 April 2012 (used in title only)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Twittermob. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA