tweeps
Americanplural noun
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tweep
singular
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a person's followers on Twitter, a social media website.
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people who use Twitter.
Etymology
Origin of tweeps
2007; blend of tweet (in the sense of “a message posted on Twitter”) or Twitter ( def. ) + peeps ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Thank you tweeps End of 7 years at Twitter! @elonmusk for learnings and energy in last 3 months to improve Twitter & Ads!
From Washington Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
What might happen instead, as some former tweeps and digital observers have opined, is that continual bugs and glitches will pile up without sufficient task forces on hand to fix them.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2022
"I didn't want to work for someone who threatened us over email multiple times about only 'exceptional tweeps should work here' when I was already working 60-70 hours weekly," they said.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2022
"I'm really worried tweeps," a Twitter staffer wrote Thursday on Blind, which verifies employees through their work email addresses.
From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2022
Coverage of his mercurial 140-character messages has only multiplied since, lending Grassley semi-cult status among politically oriented tweeps.
From US News ● Jan. 28, 2015
“It was the most humanity-affirming moment that as each tweep was fired, we all posted,” wrote Rumman Chowdhury, who had worked in ethics and transparency at the company, adding the emoji of a salute.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
When another tweep told Priestley on Sunday that she was saddened by what she saw as the actor bashing the show that made him, he explained where he was coming from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2015
As one tweep noted, “Not a great day for Steve Frazer”.
From Time ● Jul. 3, 2014
“After all these #embarrassyourbestfriend pictures no one is gonna be best friends,” tweeted one perceptive tweep.
From Forbes ● Sep. 11, 2012
Happy to me feels like tweep tweep, beedy bip bip booyow.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
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