Twit
Etymology
A recent innovation, first recorded circa 2008. The irregular past tense is formed by analogy with e.g. sat and shat.
Pronounciation
- IPA: /twɪt/
Verb
- to twit (third-person singular simple present twits, present participle twitting, simple past twat, past participle twat)
- (intransitive) To post to the Twitter micro-blogging service.
- I’m twitting this right now.
- I twat as I shat in the dead policeman’s hat.
- (intransitive) To post to the Twitter micro-blogging service.
Noun
- twit (plural twits)
- twitter (plural twats)
- A person who posts to the Twitter micro-blogging service.
- She lives a second life online as a twitter.
- I have several dozen celebrity twats on my follow list.
- A person who posts to the Twitter micro-blogging service.