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#x

13 words tagged “x”

hellsite
noun

Affectionate-derogatory nickname for Twitter (now X) and the cursed energy of posting there.

#twitter#x#internet#meta
log off
verb

Affectionate command to stop posting before you make it worse.

#twitter#x#imperative#intervention
truth nuke
noun

A blunt, high-impact assertion dropped like ordnance.

#twitter#x#discourse#meme
subtweet
noun

Posting about someone without naming them so they have to wonder if it's about them.

#twitter#x#passive-aggressive#drama
QRT
noun

Quote retweet — shorthand for the dunking weapon.

#twitter#x#abbreviation#engagement
ratioed
verb

When your post pulls way more angry replies than likes — the internet's public verdict that you cooked yourself.

#twitter#x#engagement#dunking
engagement farming
noun

Posting bait engineered purely to harvest replies, quotes and rage-clicks.

#twitter#x#algorithm#discourse
the bird app
phrase

Coy nickname for Twitter, especially post-rebrand when people refuse to say 'X'.

#twitter#x#nickname#rebrand
main character of the day
phrase

Whichever poor soul Twitter has collectively decided to dunk on for the next 18 hours.

#twitter#x#viral#discourse
reply guy
noun

The dude permanently camped in a woman's replies offering uninvited commentary.

#twitter#x#gender#behaviour
blue check
noun

Twitter/X verification badge — once a press credential, now a paid status symbol and a slur.

#twitter#x#verification#elon-musk
quote tweet
noun

Retweeting someone with your own commentary stapled on top — the dunk delivery system.

#twitter#x#engagement#dunking
the discourse
noun

Whatever exhausting argument Twitter has decided everyone must have today.

#twitter#x#culture#meta