tweeps

American  

[tweeps] / twips /

Sometimes tweepz

plural noun

Slang.

tweep singular

1. a person's followers on Twitter, a social media website.

2. people who use Twitter.

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Etymology

Origin of tweeps

2007; blend of tweet (in the sense of “a message posted on Twitter”) or Twitter ( def. ) + peeps ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tweeps tweep

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

"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

To be clear, the zombie tweeps just sit there, inert.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2012

“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

The tweep claimed that the news had been suppressed by “super injunctions,” legal gag orders that British citizens can get to prevent news agencies from mentioning their names or that an incident happened at all.

From Forbes ● May 20, 2011

Happy to me feels like tweep tweep, beedy bip bip booyow.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds