twoosh

noun

Etymology

Blend of Twitter + swoosh.

Definitions

  1. A tweet which exactly meets the 280-character (previously 140) limit set by microblogging…

    A tweet which exactly meets the 280-character (previously 140) limit set by microblogging service Twitter.

    • Intentionally trying to write a twoosh is almost as challenging as writing haiku, although twooshes do frequently occur on their own!
    • 5 a.m. Dubuque time: "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart." It was a twoosh, a Twitter term for a tweet of exactly 140 characters.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for twoosh. 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