noun
Internet Slang
RT
· noun · internet
Retweet — sharing someone else's tweet to your own followers.
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A retweet — broadcasting someone else's post to your timeline. Originally a copy-paste hack ('RT @user: ...'), now a one-click button. Verb and noun, often with the implied 'this deserves more eyes'.
“Banger tweet — instant RT.”
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A plea or stand-alone caption asking for retweets, usually attached to a fundraiser, missing-person post, or signal-boost request.
“Lost dog in SE15, please RT.”
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RT In A Sentence
Banger tweet — instant RT.
Lost dog in SE15, please RT.
Origin & Usage
Started as a user-invented manual convention in 2007 — people typed 'RT @username' before copy-pasting a tweet. Twitter officially baked it in as a button in 2009.
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