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Every Twitter Term and Tool I Can Find

2009-07-30T19:19:00.000-07:00

My Twittonary – Every Twitter Term and Tool I Can Find
Posted by Shannon on
Monday, October 27, 2008

Recently I've been very intrigued with twitter. It has been my source of interaction for the most part - I work on the computer day and night (ya I know I should get out more!). And I also use my iPhone to tweet while watching television. For those who don’t know, Twitter is a micro-blogging application that allows you to send updates (aka “tweets”) to the Twitter website and your twitter friends, similar to the Facebook status (with a limit of 140 character input). You can find and interact with people with similar interests. You can follow them, and others can follow you. It’s an instant-messaging-meets-social-media-networking tool.

If you want to learn all about Twitter and how it can benefit you or your company as a brand, I highly recommend Deborah Micek and Warren Whitlock's Twitter Revolution: How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business & Market Online. They really know their stuff with regards to Twitter and Social Media. I had the liberty to meet Warren Whitlock at Blogworld Expo in Vegas over a month ago (a very nice man he is too!).

Below is my compiled list of every term, shorthand and tool that I researched on the net (after being disappointed with http://twittonary.com/ – they can use my list below if they give credit!). I am sure many new tools are still being developed and I may have missed many that will be in Warren and Deb’s handbook (feel free to comment on the post if you know of any I missed- I am sure there's more! )

I colored coded my list by: Terms ( orange ), shorthands ( green ) and tools ( purple) all in alphabetical order.

* 1 – ( shorthand ) one, won
* 2 - ( shorthand ) to, too, two
* 30 Boxes - (tool) has tight Twitter integration. After adding Twitter to your Web Stuff, you can view twitters from you and friends and you can post directly to Twitter.
* 4 - (shorthand ) for, four
* 4U – ( shorthand ) for you
* 4ward - ( shorthand ) forward
* ab or abt – ( shorthand ) about
* B – ( shorthand ) be
* b/c – ( shorthand ) because
* b4 – ( shorthand ) before
* BFN – ( shorthand ) bye for now
* bgd – ( shorthand ) background
* BiggerTwitter - (tool) A service similar to Twitzer which allows you to post longer messages, although works by placing a link in the Tweet.
* BigTweet - (tool) - BigTweet installs as a bookmarklet to your browser and allows you to post to Twitter from any web page. Insert special Unicode characters and shorten URLs.
* Blackbird - (mobile tool) a Twitter client for BlackBerry smartphones.
* Blogo - (mac tool) A weblog editor which is also a full-featured Twitter client integrated with Twitpic, tinyURL, tweetburner and Ping.fm.
* BLT – ( linux tool ) Perl script that lets you see what your friends are doing right from the Terminal.
* BR - ( shorthand ) best regards
* BTW – ( shorthand ) by the way
* CelebrityTweet - (tool) Stalk or follow celebrities on Twitter as they tweet in real-time.
* CheckYesOrNo.info - (tool) Create simple yes or no polls and use the 'send to twitter' feature to easily share with your twitter buddies. It's like those notes you used to get from girls back in junior high.
* Chirrup – ( windows tool ) Twitter client with extensive Japanese language support.
* chk - ( shorthand ) check
* cld – ( shorthand ) could
* clk – ( shorthand ) click
* Cullect - (tool) Collaborative feed reader optimized for Twitter; sign in with your Twitter id, post to twitter. Cullect also auto-expands shortened urls. More info at @cullect •
* da – ( shorthand ) the
* deets – ( shorthand ) details
* DM – ( shorthand ) direct message
* Drunktwittering – ( term ) Similar to drunk dialing
* Dweet – ( term ) Tweet sent while drunk
* Dwigger - (tool) Threaded conversations and voting for Twitter
* EM/eml – ( shorthand ) email
* EMA – ( shorthand ) email address
* F2F – ( shorthand ) face to face (as in meeting someone in person)
* fab – ( shorthand ) fabulous
* fav/fave – ( shorthand ) favorite
* Feedalizr – (tool) A free desktop application that allows you to view, rate and comment on what your friends are sharing online. Tweet, upload pics to Flickr, update your Facebook status, keep up to date with your friends’ Google Reader, Digg, Tumblr, YouTube and Last.fm posts on Friendfeed.
* fitURL - (tool) fitURL creates short URLs just like tinyURL accept it fights spam by checking for spam URLs which makes it much more reliable.
* Flotzam - (windows tool) A Mash Up of Twitter, Flickr, Facebook and blogs, completely configurable.
* Follow – (action) Choosing to sign up to receive someone's Tweets.
* Follow+UserName – (action) The instruction to keep up with a user's flow of Twitter messages.
* Followers - ( term ) People who follow your updates.
* FoodFeed - (tool) Twitter-based food log. Track what you eat by prefixing a message with @having, or direct messaging having.
* FreeTweets - (tool) Cool collections of hottest Twitter Backgrounds.
* Friendfeed – ( tool ) Puts all of our RSS content onto one page, making it easy to see from one glance (rather than going to different properties) and you can even reply from friendfeed to different tools. It’s smarter to organize around people, rather than tools.
* Friendorfollow – ( tool ) Find out who you're following that's not following you back, and who's following you that you're not following back.
* FuelFrog - (tool) Use Twitter to keep a log of your fuel and mileage. Compare your mileage with others in your area, or with the same car.
* fwd - ( shorthand ) forward
* FYI – ( shorthand ) for your information
* Geotwitter – (action) Tracks the geographical location of the most recent Tweets.
* Get+UserName - (action) A command that retrieves the most recent updated Tweet from that user.
* Google Snackr – ( tool ) Snackr is an RSS ticker that pulls random items from your feeds and scrolls them across your desktop. When you see a title that looks interesting, you can click on it to pop up the item in a window.
* GR8 – ( shorthand ) great
* Green Tweets – (tool) Tracks tweets about green & environmental topics based on semantic natural language analysis rather than keyword.
* gTwitter – ( linux tool ) GTK+ based app inspired by Twitterrific.
* Hashtag – ( term ) Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They're like tags or categories, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag.
* IC – ( shorthand ) I see
* IM - ( shorthand ) instant message
* IMHO – ( shorthand ) in my humble opinion
* IRL – ( shorthand ) for in real life
* iTweet – ( mobile tool ) A mobile Twitter site designed for the iPhone.
* iTwit – ( mobile tool ) Mobile version of Twitter made for the iPhone.
* itz - ( shorthand ) it is
* Jack Dorsey – (person) Widely acknowledged as the inventor of Twitter.
* Jaiku – ( tool ) A competitor of Twitter, currently owned by Google.
* Jargong - ( mobile tool ) Browse Flickr, do some social networking, but most importantly, check and publish tweets.
* JK or j/k – ( shorthand ) just kidding
* JSYK – ( shorthand ) just so you know
* jTwitter – ( mobile tool ) View timelines, enter updates, and more, all on your mobile phone.
* K – ( shorthand ) okay
* kewl – ( shorthand ) cool
* KipFolio Widget – ( windows tool ) Simple Twitter widget for KipFolio.
* L8 – ( shorthand ) late
* L8er – ( shorthand ) later
* LiveTwitting - (tool) Use LiveTwitting for your next conference, event, or meeting instead of liveblogging. Simple commands to turn recording on and off, all through Twitter.
* LMAO – ( shorthand ) laughing my ass off
* lmk – ( shorthand ) let me know
* LOL – ( shorthand ) laughing out loud
* Loudtwitter – ( tool ) Automatically transfer your Tweets directly to your blog.
* MadTwitter – ( windows tool ) A reincarnation of Twitterrific, except on Windows.
* Micro-blog - ( term ) A tiny way to blog. Twitter only allows 140 characters and classified as a micro-blog.
* mil – ( shorthand ) million
* Mistweet – ( term ) A message or 'Tweet' that was sent in error or one later regrets.
* MoniTwitter – ( tool ) Receive important updates about your site via Twitter.
* Njoy – ( shorthand ) enjoy
* Nudge+UserName - (action) A Twitter command used to remind a Friend to update their Twitter status
* Obvious – (company) The American company based in California that created Twitter.
* OH – ( shorthand ) overheard
* OMG – ( shorthand ) oh my god/gosh
* peeps – ( shorthand ) people
* picobuzz - (tool) Shows popular buzz words from the public timeline and who's sayin' them!
* PingTwitter - (tool) Ping your Twitter account from your blog so it auto updates when you make a new blog post.
* plz – ( shorthand ) please
* pockettweets – ( mobile tool ) A Web-based Twitter client for the Apple iPhone.
* Politweets - ( tool ) A tool for tracking Tweets relating to politics
* pple – ( shorthand ) people
* props – ( shorthand ) proper respect
* Pwytter – ( windows tool ) Cross platform Python Twitter client with Asian character support.
* Quotably – ( tool ) A ‘conversation’ tracker, it threads together the discussions that members are having by looking at the replies, interesting to see how conversations spiral into different threads. Follow the Tweets of a particular user in a threaded style.
* R – ( shorthand ) are
* ReporTwitters – ( term ) Bunch of journalists publishing 'reality style' tweets in conjunction with their articles.
* Retweetme : ( tool & action) Use Twitter to remind yourself of things you might forget. When the time comes, Twitter will message you the reminder.
* ROFL – ( shorthand ) rolling on the floor laughing
* RSS2Twitter – ( tool ) Share any RSS feed on Twitter, and have new RSS items automatically be tweeted.
* RT / Retweet – ( shorthand ) when you repeat a tweet from someone else
* RU? - ( shorthand ) are you?
* Ruby on Rails : The programming language used to create and develop Twitter.
* Saytweet – ( tool ) Create a Twitter badge that shows your updates on a picture!Upload a picture and then tag some Twitter users in that picture. Voila − that's all it takes to make a dynamic mashup like the one above. Give it a try, and then share the badge!
* Search Plugin – ( browser plugin tool ) Tweet right from the Firefox search box.
* Shareaholic – ( browser plugin tool ) Share links and webpages via Twitter right within Firefox.
* shld – ( shorthand ) should
* SnapTweet – ( mobile tool ) Snapping a mobile photo, uploading to Flickr, and using http://snaptweet.com/to post it to your Twitter stream
* Spaz – ( cross-platform tool ) Desktop client built with AIR.
* Summize: ( search tool ) For searching the content of hundreds of thousands of Tweets. As of fall 2008 it is twitter.search.com
* Snitter – (tool) lots of features with a great UI make this Twitter client stand out from the crowd. Built on AIR.
* StrawPoll - (tool) Tiny daily polls in 140 characters or less.
* Teletwitter – ( windows tool ) Experimental open source client.
* Terraminds – ( search tool ) Search for specific users or tweets.
* thx/tx – ( shorthand ) thanks
* TIA - ( shorthand ) thanks in advance
* TikiTwit – ( mac tool) Match your iChat status to your last tweet.
* TinyTwitter – ( mobile tool ) works with any Java enabled device (that's a bunch & includes the CrackBerry) and any Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone
* TopNewsTrends - (tool) Top News Trends combines google trends data with twitter search.
* TrackThis - (tool) Track your FedEx, UPS, USPS and DHL packages using Twitter direct messages
* Twappi - (tool) Daily Twitter mood
* Twautocomplete – (tool) Firefox extension to add autocomplete on Twitter.com for @-messages and d-messages
* TreoTwit – ( mobile tool ) Easily check and update your Twitter right from your Treo.
* twiggit - (tool) twiggit is an automated service that lets your friends on twitter know what articles you digg.
* TwitDir - (tool) A Twitter directory, no more. You are looking for someone, something? Just type a few words in the search engine.
* Triqqr – ( windows tool ) Submit tweets directly to Twitter and view user profiles.
* ttyl – ( shorthand ) talk to you later
* ttys - ( shorthand ) talk to you soon
* Twadd – ( term ) To add someone as a friend - mutual followers.
* Twadget – ( windows tool ) Simple gadget that lets you view and submit tweets right from Vista’s Sidebar.
* Twaffic – ( term ) Twitter traffic.
* Twaggle – ( term ) A gaggle of followers.
* Twaigslist – ( term ) To sell something via twitter. Also Twebay.
* Twaiting – ( term ) Twittering while waiting
* Twardware – ( term ) Twitter hardware.
* Twashdot – ( term ) News for twitterers. Stuff that doesn't matter.
* Twaunt – ( term ) To taunt someone over twitter.
* Twead – ( term ) To read a twitter.
* Twebay – ( term ) To offer something for sale via twitter. Also Twaigslist.
* Tweekend – ( term ) Spending your entire Saturday and Sunday reading and posting via Twitter.
* Tweepish – ( term ) Feeling sheepish or regretful about something you tweeted.
* Tweeple – ( term ) Twitter people, Twitter members, Twitter users
* Tweeps – ( term ) Twitterites that follow each other from one social media/network to another.
* tweeps / tweeple – ( term ) peeps / people (on Twitter)
* Tweet Pushers – ( term ) Writers (guest bloggers) whose ideas and suggestions that will be featured at The Wall Tweet Journal
* Tweet(ing) – ( term ) The act of posting to Twitter
* Tweetaholism – ( term ) The continued use of Twitter as an addiction that is difficult to control
* Tweetard – ( term ) A twitter retard.
* Tweet-back – ( term ) Bringing a previous tweet conversation or reference back into the current conversation.
* Tweetbar – ( browser plugin tool ) Put Twitter on your Firefox sidebar.
* Tweetbeep – ( tool ) an alert email service where you can filter keywords.
* Tweetburner - ( tool ) a url shortener with stats
* Tweetdeck – ( cross-platform tool ) an Adobe Air desktop application. TweetDeck enables users to split their main feed (All Tweets) into topic or group specific columns allowing a broader overview of tweets.
* Tweet-dropping – ( term ) Eavesdropping on someone’s else’s Home Page in With Friends mode.
* Tweeter – ( cross-platform tool ) Java based client with customizable UI.
* Tweeter – ( term ) A user of Twitter (compare: Twitterer).
* Tweeterboxes – ( term ) Twitterers who tweet too much
* Tweetfeed - ( tool ) A customizable page that displays related Twitter activity live, a way to keep track of what is happening on Twitter that interests you (and share it with friends), A super-easy way to create "tweet walls" for conferences and events!
* Tweetheart – ( term ) That special someone who makes your heart skip a beat
* TweetIn - ( term) When a group of twitterers agree to get together at a set time to twitter
* Tweetlater - ( tool ) Keep your Twitter stream ticking over with new tweets even when you're not in front of your computer. Or, use it as your personal reminder system.Send automated thank you notes to new followers, and automatically follow new followers,if you choose to do so.
* Tweetr – ( cross-platform tool ) Submit tweets, upload files, urltea built in, delete messages.
* Tweets - (term) Posts on Twitter by twitterers.
* Tweetscan – ( search tool ) Search by term and username.
* Tweetsulted, Tweetsult – ( term ) insult
* Tweetup – ( shorthand ) an in-person meet up of Twitter members
* Tweetwhatyoueat - (tool) Your daily food diary. Setup your own Twitter food diary in moments.
* Tweetwhatyouspend - (tool) Cash tracking made simple through Twitter.
* TweetWheel – ( tool ) Find out which of your Twitter friends know each other!
* Twellow – ( tool ) A directory that categorize twitter users into the various categories.
* Twerminology – ( term )Twitter terminology
* Twerpscan – ( tool ) Check the number of followers of everyone on your contact list, the number of people they are following, and the ratio between those. If the person is following more than (n) people (can be customised), and has a followers-to-following ratio higher than 1:(m) (can be customised), you'll be notified by a link.
* Twessenger – ( windows tool ) Updates Live Messenger status to reflect latest tweet.
* Twexplanation – ( term ) Sending a nebulous tweet and having to explain it while offline from twitter.
* Twhepherd – ( term ) The Twitter employee that finds and restores lost followers to your twaggle.
* Twhiner – ( term ) A twitterer who only ever posts whiney, negative tweets
* Twhirl – ( tool ) A desktop client for the Twitter microblogging platform, powered by Adobe AIR. Connects to multiple Twitter , laconi.ca , Friendfeed and seesmic accounts.
* Twideo-cronicity – ( term ) When you’re watching someone’s videos and they are simultaneously leaving a comment or tweet for/at/about you.
* Twidget – ( mac tool ) Update your Twitter status within Dashboard.
* twidroid - (tool) the first full-featured twitter client for android mobile phones
* Twike – ( term ) To ride a bike with twitter.
* Twinja – ( cross-platform tool ) AIR based client which allows you to follow users on the fly.
* Twinfluence - (tool) a simple tool using the Twitter API to to measure the combined influence of twitterers and their followers, with a few social network statistics thrown in as bonus.
* TwinkedIn – ( term ) Inviting friends made on Twitter to “connect with you on LinkedIn
* Twinkle – ( mobile tool ) Contact old friends and make new ones, all with Twinkle, the location-aware network for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
* Twippera – ( browser plugin tool ) Twitter widget for Opera that can send and view tweets.
* Twis – ( term ) To dis a fellow twitterer. Bad form.
* Twist – ( tool ) See trends in twitter
* Twisticuffs – ( term ) Fighting with a fellow twitterer over twitter.
* Twit.el – ( linux tool ) Another utility that allows publishing of tweets within Emacs.
* Twit4Live – ( windows tool ) Set status message as latest tweet, send tweets from within Live Messenger, and send tweets to contacts.
* Twitbar – ( linux tool ) Post tweets from the GNOME deskbar.
* TwitBin – ( browser plugin tool ) TwitBin is an extension for firefox that brings the power of twitter right in your browser. Send and view tweets right within it.
* TwitBox – ( windows tool ) Desktop client. View and submit tweets, see replies and direct messages, delete your own tweets, and multiple account support.
* TwitDir – ( search tool ) Allows user to search for users by name, location, or username.
* Twitgit – ( mac tool ) Read your friend’s tweets and submit your own, right in Dashboard.
* Twitkit – ( browser tool ) TwitKit is a Twitter sidebar for Firefox. TwitKit has a 6-section interface, using tabs to separate content.
* Twitosphere – ( term ) Community of twitterers
* Twitpic – ( tool ) TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter .You can post pictures to
* TwitPic from your phone, our API , or through the site itself.
* Twitt(url)y – ( tool ) A service for tracking what URLs people are talking about as they talk about them on twitter.
* Twittastic – ( term ) Fantastic, wonderful, superb; coined by the folks at Twitterholic when referring to their robots.
* Twittcrastination - ( term ) Twittering as a form of procrastination
* Twittduit – ( term ) If you need to Tweet a friend that does not follow you, post a
* Twittduit asking your followers to pass a message.
* Twittectomy - ( term ) unfollowing friends
* Twittelator – ( mobile tool ) C omplete iPhone twitter client . Available through the App Store.
* TweetAhead – ( mac tool ) Schedule tweets to be posted ahead of time with a simple Dashboard widget.
* Twitter CLI – ( windows tool ) Post tweets via the command line.
* Twitter for Vim – ( linux tool ) Publish tweets right within Vim.
* Twitter.el – ( linux tool ) Publish tweets while in Emacs.
* Twitter100 - View 100 Tweets at a time.
* Twitterati – ( term ) The glamorous A-List twitterer's everyone wants to follow.
* Twitterbate – ( term ) To masturbate to another user's tweets.
* TwitterBerry – ( mobile tool ) Twitter built for various BlackBerry devices. Update and view timelines with ease.
* TwitterBuzz – ( tool ) Find out what domains are being most linked to on Twitter.
* Twittercal mass – ( term ) A community that has achieved a critical mass of twitterers.
* TwitterCard - (tool) Create a 125x125 Twitter business card widget to put on your blog and display bio and recent status.
* Twitterer - ( term ) A user of Twitter (compare: Tweeter).
* twitterfeed.com - (tool) "feed your blog to twitter". submit your blog's feed, and get your new blog posts twittered automatically.
* Twitterfly – ( term ) Being a social butterfly on Twitter evidenced by extreme usage of @ signs.
* TwitterFox – ( browser plugin tool ) Compact Firefox extension that can publish and view tweets. ( previously known as TwitterNotifier )
* Twittergrader – ( tool ) Twitter Grader gives you a grade based on the power of
your Twitter profile.
* Twitterholic – ( tool ) Shows the top users and accounts on Twitter.
* Twittering – ( term ) To send a Twitter message.
* Twitterish - ( term ) Erractic behavior with short outbursts.
* Twitteritas – ( term ) Women who play with their twitters.
* Twitterject – ( term ) Interject your tweet into an existing tweet stream of conversation.
* Twitter-ku – ( term ) Those who either post on both Twitter and Jaiku or load their
* Twitterless - (tool) Twitterless will notify you when somebody stops following you and tell you who it is and your follower history is graphed out over time.
* Twitterlex – ( mac tool ) A simple Mac OS X Dashboard Widget that shows you the last 30 twitters by you and your Twitter friends, updating every 60 seconds when visible.
* Twitterlicious – ( windows tool ) Update Twitter status, easily check replies and direct messages.
* Twitter-Light Zone – ( term ) Where you are when you return to Twitter after any time away and feel disoriented and lost.
* TwitterLinkr – ( tool ) A service collecting the best links posted trough Twitter
* Twitterlocal - ( tool ) Filter finds tweets based upon a users profile location. If you’ve a local business, this could become useful. Lets you generate an RSS or XML Feed to filter out Tweets around a certain area.
* Twitterlooing - ( term ) Twittering from a bathroom.
* Twitterloop – ( term ) To be caught up with friend tweets and up on the conversation.
* Twittermaps – ( tool ) A mashup technology that lets Twitter users find each other using Google maps.
* Twittermob – ( term ) An unruly and ragtag horde of people who descend on an ill-prepared location after a provocative Twitter message.
* Twitteroo – ( windows tool ) Client with URL shortening, clickable links and tweets, customization, and both public and friend timelines.
* Twitterpated - ( term )To be overwhelmed with Twitter messages.
* Twitterphoria – ( term ) The elation you feel when the person you’ve added as a friend adds you back.
* Twitter.PollDaddy.com - (tool) Create Polldaddy polls and post them directly to your Twitter stream.
* TwitterPost – ( mac tool ) Basic client that submits tweets, shows your current iTunes track in your feed, and more.
* Twitterrhea – ( term ) The act of sending too many Twitter messages.
* Twitterrific – ( mobile & platform tool ) Twitterrific is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or "tweets" to the Twitter community website.
* Twitterrific ( term ) - a really good Twitter thing
* Twittersearch – ( search tool ) Search Twitter and tweets by word.(formerly summize.com)
* Twitterstream – ( term ) the twitter timeline (public or friends)
* Twitter SPY - (tool) Twitter SPY displays the Twitter public timeline.
* TwitterSync for Yahoo – (windows tool) Syncs Twitter status with Yahoo Messenger status.
* Twittertise - (tool) Twittertise allows you to schedule in advance and track the clickthroughs on tweets. Ideal for advertisers looking to measure effectiveness.
* Twittertories – ( term ) Clusters of twittererers that follow and friend each other with little overlap with other clusters.
* Twittertude – ( term ) Bad Twitter attitude. Or a state of being, like solitude only with other people present.
* Twittervision – ( tool ) See where in the world people are submitting tweets from, real time.
* TwitterYM – ( windows tool ) Simple Yahoo Messenger status updater.
* Twittfeinated, Twigged Out, Twired – ( term ) To be so hyped up on twittering that you cannot sleep
* Twittfessional – ( term ) A confession made on Twitter
* TwitThis – ( tool ) Allow visitors to your site to easily share a page or post via Twitter.
* Twitticisms – ( term ) Witty tweets
* Twittilate – ( term ) To arouse with tweets.
* Twittish – ( term ) Too skittish to twitter.
* Twittonary – ( term ) dictionary of twitter terminology
* Twittsomnia – ( term ) Twittering due to inability to sleep, thus compounding inability to sleep.
* Twittworking – ( term ) Networking with Twitterites using Twitter
* TwittyTunes – ( browser plugin tool ) A FoxyTunes (Firefox extension) addon that posts what you’re currently listening to Twitter.
* Twitux – ( linux tool ) Twitter client for the GNOME desktop.
* Twitwall - (tool ) When its too long to tweet, but too short to blog, just TwitWall it! TwitWall is the easy-to-use, quick-to-blast-out blog companion for Twitter.
* Twitxr – ( tool ) Share pictures from your mobile phone. Automatically publish them on social networks and photosharing sites.
* Twixt and tween – ( term ) Can't decide who or what to tweet
* Twode – ( term ) To hack on the twitter API.
* Twofor – ( term ) Replying to two unrelated twitter messages with a single tweet
* TwoingTwoing – ( term ) To twitter about wonderful things.
* Twoogle – ( term ) Twitter as the human Google. Pose a question, get near-instantaneous results.
* Twoops – ( term ) When you accidentally send a private sms to Twitter
* Twoosh – ( term ) A full 140 character twitter.
* Twopsies – ( term ) When you drop things because you are twittering.
* Tword – ( term ) Words formed by appending “Tw” to the original word (like most words in this list).
* Twouche – ( term ) Someone acting like a big fat jerk via twitter.
* Twurvey – ( term ) a survey sent out over Twitter
* Twuzzer - (tool) Twitter/GoogleMaps mashup.
* Twype – ( term ) to type a twitter.
* TY – ( shorthand ) thanks
* TYT – ( shorthand ) take your time
* TYVM – ( shorthand ) thank you very much
* U – ( shorthand ) you
* u’ve – ( shorthand ) for you have
* ur – ( shorthand ) your
* Useqwitter – ( tool) emails when a twitter stops following you after a certain post
* V2V – ( shorthand ) voice to voice (as in chatting on the phone)
* w or w/ - ( shorthand ) with
* w/e – ( shorthand ) weekend
* w00t! – ( shorthand ) an expression of joy/excitement
* wazzup?/whaddup? – ( shorthand ) what’s up?
* What’s Up? – ( windows vista tool ) Gadget that allows you to see latest tweets from your friends.
* WildSets – ( mobile tool ) Extensve Twitter app for mobile phones. Support more than 300 phones.
* wld – ( shorthand ) would
* woz – ( shorthand ) was
* wtf – ( shorthand ) what the f***
* wth – ( shorthand ) what the heck
* yammer – ( tool ) a similar mico-blogging software to Twitter but for enterprise companies and can be used as an intranet solution. This company won the Techcrunch50 award in fall of 2008.
* Yoono – (tool) Receive alerts, update your status or message your friends in your browser sidebar. No need to switch from one site to another or from your browser to a desktop app anymore. The perfect tool to become a twitter heavy user without spending hours on it. Yoono also integrates many other services : facebook, flickr, friendfeed, major IM services
* yr – ( shorthand ) your
* YVW – ( shorthand ) you’re very welcome
* YW - ( shorthand ) you’re welcome
* ZenTwitter – ( linux tool ) A GUI frontend for Twitter using zenity and curl.

My Sources:

* search.twitter.com
* Google.ca
* http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Twitter+Glossary
* http://warner-carter.com/blog/popular-twitter-terms-would-these-be-tweeterms
* http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Twictionary-of-Twitter-Terms---Part-1&id=1261044
* http://whyfacebook.com/2008/09/11/twitter-lingo-demystified/ (from Mari Smith the Facebook expert and super nice lady! twitter: @marismith )
* http://mashable.com/2007/09/29/twitter-toolbox/
* http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/04/05/my-essential-twitter-tools/
* http://www.toprankblog.com/2008/05/five-new-twitter-tools-you-should-know/
* http://wtips.blogspot.com/2007/04/twitter-tools.html
* And my twitter friends that shared: @Seoadvice @ wiselywoven @ MyPreciousKid @ bcarroll7 @ gahlord dltabor @ steph_woods

Did I miss any terms, shorthand or twitter tools? Feel free to comment on the post and add to the list - I am sure there are still lot's more - share away!

50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business

2009-07-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
Chris Brogan

We really can’t deny the fact that businesses are testing out Twitter as part of their steps into the social media landscape. You can say it’s a stupid application, that no business gets done there, but there are too many of us (including me) that can disagree and point out business value. I’m not going to address the naysayers much with this. Instead, I’m going to offer 50 thoughts for people looking to use Twitter for business. And by “business,” I mean anything from a solo act to a huge enterprise customer.
Your mileage may vary, and that’s okay. Further, you might have some really great ideas to add.

First Steps

1. Build an account and immediate start using Twitter Search to listen for your name, your competitor’s names, words that relate to your space. (Listening always comes first.)
2. Add a picture. ( Shel reminds us of this.) We want to see you.
3. Talk to people about THEIR interests, too. I know this doesn’t sell more widgets, but it shows us you’re human.
4. Point out interesting things in your space, not just about you.
5. Share links to neat things in your community. ( @wholefoods does this well).
6. Don’t get stuck in the apology loop. Be helpful instead. ( @jetblue gives travel tips.)
7. Be wary of always pimping your stuff. Your fans will love it. Others will tune out.
8. Promote your employees’ outside-of-work stories. ( @TheHomeDepot does it well.)
9. Throw in a few humans, like RichardAtDELL, LionelAtDELL, etc.
10.Talk about non-business, too, like @astrout and @jstorerj from Mzinga.

Ideas About WHAT to Tweet

1. Instead of answering the question, “What are you doing?”, answer the question, “What has your attention?”
2. Have more than one twitterer at the company. People can quit. People take vacations. It’s nice to have a variety.
3. When promoting a blog post, ask a question or explain what’s coming next, instead of just dumping a link.
4. Ask questions. Twitter is GREAT for getting opinions.
5.Follow interesting people. If you find someone who tweets interesting things, see who she follows, and follow her.
6. Tweet about other people’s stuff. Again, doesn’t directly impact your business, but makes us feel like you’re not “that guy.”
7. When you DO talk about your stuff, make it useful. Give advice, blog posts, pictures, etc.
8. Share the human side of your company. If you’re bothering to tweet, it means you believe social media has value for human connections. Point us to pictures and other human things.
9. Don’t toot your own horn too much. (Man, I can’t believe I’m saying this. I do it all the time. – Side note: I’ve gotta stop tooting my own horn).
10. Or, if you do, try to balance it out by promoting the heck out of others, too.

Some Sanity For You

1. You don’t have to read every tweet.
2. You don’t have to reply to every @ tweet directed to you (try to reply to some, but don’t feel guilty).
3. Use direct messages for 1-to-1 conversations if you feel there’s no value to Twitter at large to hear the conversation ( got this from @pistachio).
4. Use services like Twitter Search to make sure you see if someone’s talking about you. Try to participate where it makes sense.
5. 3rd party clients like Tweetdeck and Twhirl make it a lot easier to manage Twitter.
6. If you tweet all day while your coworkers are busy, you’re going to hear about it.
7. If you’re representing clients and billing hours, and tweeting all the time, you might hear about it.
8. Learn quickly to use the URL shortening tools like TinyURL and all the variants. It helps tidy up your tweets.
9. If someone says you’re using twitter wrong, forget it. It’s an opt out society. They can unfollow if they don’t like how you use it.
10. Commenting on others’ tweets, and retweeting what others have posted is a great way to build community.

The Negatives People Will Throw At You

1. Twitter takes up time.
2. Twitter takes you away from other productive work.
3. Without a strategy, it’s just typing.
4. There are other ways to do this.
5. As Frank hears often, Twitter doesn’t replace customer service (Frank is @comcastcares and is a superhero for what he’s started.)
6. Twitter is buggy and not enterprise-ready.
7. Twitter is just for technonerds.
8. Twitter’s only a few million people. (only)
9. Twitter doesn’t replace direct email marketing.
10. Twitter opens the company up to more criticism and griping.

Some Positives to Throw Back

1. Twitter helps one organize great, instant meetups (tweetups).
2. Twitter works swell as an opinion poll.
3. Twitter can help direct people’s attention to good things.
4. Twitter at events helps people build an instant “backchannel.”
5. Twitter breaks news faster than other sources, often (especially if the news impacts online denizens).
6. Twitter gives businesses a glimpse at what status messaging can do for an organization. Remember presence in the 1990s?
7. Twitter brings great minds together, and gives you daily opportunities to learn (if you look for it, and/or if you follow the right folks).
8. Twitter gives your critics a forum, but that means you can study them.
9. Twitter helps with business development, if your prospects are online (mine are).
10. Twitter can augment customer service. (but see above)

What else would you add? How are you using Twitter for your business?

Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos (Mashable)

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5 More Twitter Related Trends to Watch Right Now 21 Comments

20 Film and Television Directors to Follow on Twitter 18 Comments

HOW TO: Start a Petition on Twitter 5 Comments

Twitter for Beginners: 5 Steps for Better Tweeting 35 Comments

Tweetable Eats: What Street Vendors Can Teach Businesses About Twitter 18 Comments

Twitter Pics: 4 Tools to Track Twitpics in Realtime 14 Comments

30+ More Ways to Create Twitter Groups 6 Comments

5 NEW Twitter Games to Make Tweeting Fun 10 Comments

15 Must-Follow Comedic Film Actors on Twitter 16 Comments

Musicians on Twitter: 100+ Artists That Tweet 123 Comments

Twitter Better: 20 Ways to Filter Your Tweets 15 Comments

10 Ways to Find People on Twitter 37 Comments

6 Gorgeous Twitter Visualizations 36 Comments

HOW TO: Post Video to Twitter With the iPhone 3G S 14 Comments

19 Twitter Desktop Apps Compared 74 Comments

The Top 10 Twitter SEO Tips 59 Comments

10 Twitter Best Practices for Brands 28 Comments

5 Ways Twitter Can Save You Money 22 Comments

Green Tweets: 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter 147 Comments

Twitter Spam: 3 Ways Scammers are Filling Twitter With Junk 39 Comments

Top 5 Twitter Related Trends to Watch 28 Comments

5 Habits of Successful Executives on Twitter 27 Comments

10 Twitter Tools to Organize Your Tweeps 48 Comments

Local Tweets: 9 Ways to Find Twitter Users in Your Town 34 Comments

Everything I Need to Know About Twitter I Learned in J School 21 Comments

20 Developers to Follow on Twitter 25 Comments

Top 7 Twitter Tutorials on YouTube 30 Comments

10 Ways to Share Music on Twitter 58 Comments

85 Comedians to Follow on Twitter 94 Comments

Twitter to Facebook: 5 Ways to Post to Both 59 Comments

HOW TO: Create Custom Twitter Backgrounds 92 Comments

Top 5 Ways to Share Videos on Twitter 41 Comments

Nonfiction Tweets: 70+ Authors to Follow on Twitter 51 Comments

HOW TO: Create and Share a Twttrlist of Your Favorite Tweets 25 Comments

HOW TO: Build Your Personal Brand on Twitter 56 Comments

5 Ways to Share Images on Twitter 36 Comments

25 Twitter Apps to Manage Multiple Accounts 52 Comments

HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Twitter #Hashtags 34 Comments

HOW TO: Put Twitter on Every Web Page [Video]36 Comments

Twitter Sign In Comes to Disqus: Try It NOW on Mashable!161 Comments

The Journalist’s Guide to Twitter 16 Comments

Tweet Street: 7 Extraordinary Twitter Uses in the Home 19 Comments

5 Impressive Mashups of Twitter and Flickr 13 Comments

HOW TO: Use Twitter for Customer Service 46 Comments

Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter 152 Comments

85+ of the Best Twitterers Designers Should Follow 173 Comments

5 Terrific Twitter Research Tools 45 Comments

29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone Compared 40 Comments

HOW TO: Build Your Thought Capital on Twitter 22 Comments

HOW TO: Find Out What Those Odd Twitter Trends Are About 14 Comments

Beyond #FollowFriday: 24 Daily Twitter Memes 115 Comments

6 Twitter Search Services Compared 72 Comments

Inside the Minds of Twitter Users 47 Comments

5 Ways to Get Your Questions Answered on Twitter 35 Comments

The 7 Ways to Approach Twitter 81 Comments

HOW TO: Retweet on Twitter 64 Comments

13 “Twits” Who Will Change Your Perspective on Reality 31 Comments

Data Visualizations: 5 Beautiful Social Media Videos 18 Comments

10 Most Extraordinary Twitter Updates 128 Comments

HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Status Updates 23 Comments

Head-to-Head: TweetDeck vs Seesmic Desktop 60 Comments

20 Twitter Badges to Show Off Your Tweets 49 Comments

6 Twitter Games To Make Tweeting Fun 57 Comments

26 Charities and Non-Profits on Twitter 180 Comments

6 Unique Twitter Visualizations 30 Comments

HOW TO: Find a Job on Twitter 88 Comments

Pro Cycling on Twitter: 48 People Who Aren’t Lance Armstrong 62 Comments

HOW TO: Organize a Successful Tweetup 41 Comments

Tweetable Art: 10 Twitter Tips for Artists 60 Comments

Twitter Professors: 18 People to Follow for a Real Time Education 69 Comments

HOW TO: Create Groups for Twitter 51 Comments

5 Ways to Help Twestival Raise $1 Million 8 Comments

HOW TO: Live Inside Twitter and Still Stay Productive 58 Comments

Most Popular Twitter Clients Revealed 209 Comments

Find ‘Em On Twitter: 15 Twitter Directories Compared 62 Comments

20+ Great Twitter Tools for Firefox 44 Comments

40 of the Best Twitter Brands and the People Behind Them 234 Comments

Top FriendFeed Tips for Twitter Users 21 Comments

9 Ways Twitter Can Help in the Real World 34 Comments

HOW TO: Use Twitter on the Go 39 Comments

FOLLOW FAIL: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter 314 Comments

10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009 87 Comments

The 10 Users You’ll Meet on Twitter 111 Comments

The Year in Tweets: 10 Most Memorable Twitter Moments of 2008 33 Comments

HOW TO: Win Friends and Twinfluence People 48 Comments

20+ Great Greasemonkey Scripts for Improving Your Twitter Experience 25 Comments

HOW TO: Quiet the Twitter Noise 32 Comments

HOW NOT TO: Build Your Twitter Community 91 Comments

Twitterspeak: 66 Twitter Terms 59 Comments

HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter 80 Comments

Sixteen Great Twitter Moments 34 Comments

25+ Celebrity Twitter Users 120 Comments

Seven Ways to Get Your Mom on Twitter 27 Comments

5 Twitter Tactics for Building a Stellar Brand 40 Comments

7 Twitters Of The World 11 Comments

TWITTER TOOLBOX: 60+ Twitter Tools 58 Comments

Twits to Go: Top 12 Twitter Apps for Your Phone 16 Comments

Miniblogging:8 Pownce Rivals Compared 31 Comments

Jaiku Rocks! 19 Cool Jaiku Tools 9 Comments

8 Awesome Firefox Plugins for Twitter 24 Comments

Twitter Directories

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TwitterCounter
TwitterHolic
WeFollow
Just Tweet It
MediaOnTwitter
Social Brand Index
TrackingTwitter
TweeterTags
Twellow
Twibs
TwitterLinkUp
TwitterVision
Twubble
WhoShouldIFollow
TwitterHolic
WeFollow
Just Tweet It
MediaOnTwitter
Social Brand Index
TrackingTwitter
TweeterTags
Twellow
Twibs
TwitterLinkUp
TwitterVision
Twubble
WhoShouldIFollow
Localtweeps
Justweetit

Twitter Apps

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Twitter Grader: Learn your Twitter grade, your local Twitter Elite, and find new people to follow through Twitter Grader.
Twitterholic: Check out the top Twitter users and find out your Twitter stats on Twitterholic.
TweetStats: TweetStats offers a graphical analysis of your Twitter stats.
Twitter Friends: Carefully measure your Twitter conversations using Twitter Friends.
Twinfluence: Twinfluence will measure your Twitter influence based on reach, velocity, and social capital.
Tweetwasters: Find out how much time you and other users waste on Twitter.
Tweet-Rank: Learn about the quality of your tweets by finding out which ones won or lost followers.
Mr. Milestone: Get a tweet when you reach various milestones using this Twitter tool.
Retweetrank: Find out how many retweets you and other Twitter users have through this service.
Information Gathering
With these tools, you and gather information for market research, blog posts, and your own simple curiosity.
search.tEarn.com: Unique, social network for viewing photos and videos on any topic and chatting with Twitter users interested in the same subject. Search on any topic.
@myflightinfo: Use @myflightinfo to stay updated on your flight’s status.
Twitterverse: Check out archived timelines and tweets through Twitterverse.
Twitscoop: Twitscoop shares what’s hot on Twitter at any given moment.
Twitbuzz: Twitbuzz tracks the latest conversations as well as popular Twitter links.
StrawPoll: Use StrawPoll to make sharing your opinion as easy as sending an @reply.
Retweetist: This service ranks the hottest links being retweeted on Twitter.
Monitter: Get real time keyword monitoring on Twitter from Monitter.
TweetNews: TweetNews ranks stories based on the amount of related tweets.
TwitterBuzz: TwitterBuzz will tell you what’s being linked to the most on Twitter.
Tweetscan: Set up Tweetscan to make sure you don’t miss any @replies, and to get alerted of your search queries.
Network Building & Management
Find more relevant Twitter users with the help of these tools.
Twitter Local: With this service, you can see tweets from Twitter users in a specific location.
Twubble: Twubble will expand your Twitter bubble, picking out people you may like to follow.
MyCleenr: Sort your friends by their last tweets, and you can get rid of the inactive and useless accounts you’re following.
Follow Cost: This tool will tell you how much effort it takes to follow someone.
Tweepler: Use Tweepler to organize your tweeps based on whether you’re following them or not.
Just Tweet It: Find Tweeple, tools, Twitter bots and more through this directory.
TweetWheel: TweetWheel will help you discover which of your Twitter friends know each other.
SocialToo: SocialToo will help you keep track of all of the people who have followed or unfollowed you.
Twitoria: Reduce your clutter on Twitter by finding your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time.
TwitDir: With TwitDir, you’ll be able to search for people, and exploring categories including top followers and updaters.
Who Should I Follow?: Using this site, you can get good recommendations for Tweeps to follow.
Nearbytweets: Learn about all of the Twitter users in a specific area with the help of Nearbytweets.
Twellow: Find Twitter users in a specific industry using this service.
Mr. Tweet: Mr. Tweet is a personal networking assistant for Twitter, helping you find relevant followers.
Qwitter: Qwitter will help you manage your network by sending an alert when a person unfollows you.
Twitter Management
Save your time and cull your Twitter list with the help of these tools.
Summize: Retrieve information on Twitter quickly to search Twitter in real time.
Tweet O’Clock: Trying to reach someone? Tweet O’Clock will help you find the best time to get their attention.
Just Signal: Set up a filter using Just Signal to get only the tweets that discuss the keywords you’d like to read about.
TweepSearch: Put your Twitter network to good use and search your followers for specific parameters.
Friend or Follow: Manage your Twitter contacts and find out who’s not following you back through Friend or Follow.
TwitResponse: TwitResponse makes it easy for you to schedule the delivery of your tweets ahead of time.
TwitterSnooze: Put the pause button on a particular user for a while with Twitter Snooze.
Twitterless: Get notified when someone stops following you with Twitterless.
Twilert: Track specific keywords to receive alerts for using Twilert.
Tweetdeck: Tweetdeck has a groups function that will help you more efficiently follow the people you really want to listen to.
Twalala: Put the mute button on certain people and topics for a while if you are receiving lots of updates you’re not really interested in.
Sharing Tools
Promote your business, share photos, and more using these Twitter tools.
Tweetburner: Use Tweetburner to share links, and you can track their usage.
Twitpic: Twitpic makes it easy to take mobile phone photos and share them using your Twitter account.
TwitterHawk: Get targeted marketing on Twitter through TwitterHawk.
Acamin: Acamin makes it easy to share files on Twitter with your followers.
Glue: Post links to books, movies, restaurants and more on Twitter through Glue.
Ping.fm: This service will update all of your social networks at once.
TweeTube: TweeTube makes it easy to share videos on Twitter.
twiggit: Use this automated service to share the articles you digg on Twitter.
Twisten.fm: Share what you’re listening to on Twitter through Twisten.fm.
Organization & Productivity
These Twitter tools will make your life a bit more streamlined.
Twittercal: Link your Twitter account and Google Calendar to easily keep up with your events and appointments.
Timer: Use Timer to get reminders about tasks through your Twitter account.
TwitterNotes: Organize your notes using Twitter with TwitterNotes.
Remember the Milk: Use Remember the Milk on Twitter to update your to do list.
Tweetake: Tweetake will back up your Twitter timeline for archiving and more.
Nozbe: Nozbe makes it easy to add and update your to do list on Twitter.
Toodledo: This popular to do list app integrates nicely with Twitter.
TrackThis: Send TrackThis your tracking number, and you’ll get Twitter messages every time there’s a change in location.
Joint Contact: Get project management productivity on Twitter using Joint Contact.
Tempo: This time tracking tool allows you to send in updates from Twitter.
Tweet Later: Tweet Later offers a great way to set up alerts, schedule tweets, send thank you DMs, and more.
OutTwit: OutTwit will make it easy for you to use Twitter inside of Outlook.
Jott: Jott makes it easy for you to tweet without ever having to type, transcribing your voice message to Twitter.
Life Tools
With these tools, you can work on relationships, life tracking, and more.
MyMileMarker: Keep track of your mileage with info sent via Twitter every time you fill up.
21Tweets: 21Tweets offers personal coaching on Twitter.
TwtTRIP: Organize your travel plans and find other Twitter travelers on your way with TwtTRIP.
Tweet Answers: Twitter Answers makes it easy to ask questions and get answers on Twitter.
Twtvite: Twtvite is a simple event organizer that will help you create a tweetup.
Vacatweet: Set up an autoresponder for your Twitter account with Vacatweet.
plusplusbot: Share when someone goes out of their way to help you, or otherwise make your feelings known using plusplusbot.
TrackDailyGoals: Use this site and the #dailygoals hashtag to keep track of your goals every day.
ConnectTweet: Put the voices of your group or business together through ConnectTweet.
Tweeteorology: Find tweets about the weather in any location through Tweeteorology.
DreamTweet: Keep a reminder of your dreams and nightmares, and follow the dreams of others through DreamTweet.
Business & Finance
Use these tools to improve your business and finances through Twitter.
Chipin: If you’re raising funds on Twitter, make use of Chipin to set a goal and let your supporters track the progress of the campaign.
Xpenser: You can Twitter your expenses to Xpenser and they will be recorded for you.
Twittertise: Schedule your tweets and track their clickthroughs with this app designed for Twitter advertising.
TwtQpon: Create simple Twitter coupons for your business with TwtQpon.
CheapTweet: Get all of the deals, sales, coupons and more being discussed on Twitter through CheapTweet.
Tipjoy: Like Chipin, Tipjoy offers a way to create social payments for your cause, content, or people.
SalesTwit: Get contact management for Twitter with the help of SalesTwit.
Tweet What You Spend: Track your cash in a really effective way using Tweet What You Spend.
StockTwits: StockTwits shares the investment discussions on Twitter in real time.
Health
Track your health using these Twitter tools.
Qwitter: Update Qwitter to shame yourself into quitting smoking.
TweetPlot: Use TweetPlot to chart your food and fitness statistics.
Tweetwhatyoueat: Keep a food diary to track what you’re eating every day using Tweetwhatyoueat.
gtFtr: Use the gtFtr tool to record your exercise activity on Twittr.
SugarStats: Track, monitor, and share your blood sugar through Twitter with SugarStats.
FoodFeed: This Twitter-based food log makes it easy for you to track what you’re eating.
Blogging
Bring your blog life and Twitter life together with these tools.
Add to Any: Get your posts shared on Twitter by using Add to Any on your WordPress blog.
TwitThis: Make use of this plugin to send Twitter messages about your blog post.
MyTwitter: Use the MyTwitter plugin to display your Twitter status on WordPress.
Twitpress: Twitpress will send out a Tweet every time you post a new blog entry.
TwitterCounter: With this plugin, you can display the number of followers you have on Twitter.
TwitterFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter with a customized message using TwitterFeed.
FriendFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter.