subtweet

[suhb-tweet]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(on the Twitter website) a hostile or otherwise negative post that is addressed to or about a particular person but does not mention the person’s username or does not name the person at all.

verb (used with or without object)

to post such a message or tweet about (someone) on Twitter.
I wish she’d stop subtweeting and talk to me in person.

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Other Word Forms

subtweeter noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of subtweet¹

2009; sub(liminal) + tweet (in the sense “a message posted on Twitter”)

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Example Sentences

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By the way, I don’t think there’s anything in the liberals’ opinion that’s strident—that feels like an entirely unwarranted subtweet.

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Compound words are on the rise in the book with deadname, pageview, fintech, allyship, babymoon and subtweet.

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“Hours in Silence” is a master class in Drake’s self-eviscerations and recriminations: “There’s three sides to the story, girl/The one you subtweet, the one your group chat gets to read, the one you come and tell to me.”

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The US Holocaust Museum, in what was interpreted as a subtweet at Goldberg, wrote: "Racism was central to Nazi ideology. Jews were not defined by religion, but by race. Nazi racist beliefs fuelled genocide and mass murder."

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The team captured the big reveal — players in green whooping and forming a mosh pit around Freeman — and sent it out on social media with a perfect three-word subtweet: “a player’s coach.”

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When To Use

�� does subtweet mean?

A subtweet is a negative post on the social media site Twitter, targeting a certain person without directly mentioning them or their username.

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