tweetheart

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A Twitter user who is popular with others.

   • When Vanity Fair published a story earlier this year on a group of all-American, all-white "tweethearts," the real Twitterati took the magazine to task for ignoring a growing force on Twitter: African-Americans.
2. 2

   A Twitter user who is one's personal friend or within one's broader social networking…

   A Twitter user who is one's personal friend or within one's broader social networking circle.

   • "Just got the imaging for my new fragrance Radiance and thought I'd share it with all my tweethearts," she wrote.
   • Kim, 29, treated herself to the frozen snack following a photo shoot earlier that morning, which she wrote about on her Twitter account: 'Morning tweet hearts! Heading to a fab photo shoot for ShoeDazzle.com!'
3. 3

   A Twitter user with whom one is infatuated or involved romantically, especially if they…

   A Twitter user with whom one is infatuated or involved romantically, especially if they were first met through the service.

   • "I actually met my girlfriend on Twitter," says Verdino, who has been tweeting for the last two years. "We call ourselves tweethearts."
   • When I got to my car and dialed up my friend to tell her about the tweetheart I just met she informed me she just got a tweet from Lindsay Lohan.
   • Taylor Lukacin wants to help you find your “tweetheart”. This afternoon (May 7), the 20-year-old, White Rock-born blogger will give a talk at the 2010 Northern Voice conference that she’s calling "Social Media Flirting 101".

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