1. The 1-minute
twictionary
You know of a world called twitter but don’t understand its
lingo. Here’s your very own twictionary, with popular twitter
jargon explained in each less than 140 characters…

2. #Twitterfly
A social butterfly
on twitter. A popular
species that marks a lot
of influential tweeple on
their tweets to show
off spheres of influence

3. #Twenius
A twitter genius. You could
be a nobody in real world
but the boss of the 140
character world

4. #F2F
Face to Face. It’s an
online world, all right.
But, when you want
meet folks the old
fashioned way, you
do so #F2F

5. #AckThoo
India’s guttural contribution
to twitter. A popular way
of expressing disgust in
social media

6. #Drunktweets
Twitter meets
Dharmendra from
Sholay. Drunk
tweets are fun
for all except the
tweeter

7. #TIL
Today I learnt.
A fact or learning
for the day.
Formerly known
as twitamin

8. #CRT
Congress Reptile Tweeple. Dr Subramanian
Swamy’s contribution to twitter lexicon.
Derogatory reference to a Congress
cheerleaders

9. #Namotards
Disparaging
reference for
Narendra Modi’s
fanboys

10. WORDS: TV Mahalingam | ILLUSTRATIONS: Alankar