quote tweet
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A retweet posted with additional commentary by the retweeter.
verb
To retweet a tweet with additional commentary such as a reaction to or joke about the original post.
Example Sentences
- "My most liked post is a quote tweet of the president's Arbor Day greetings in which I insinuated that shrubs should also have a holiday."
- "After being asked if she was driving, she responded with a quote tweet, saying "omg no!!! It was just my mom. My moms car. I rushed to the scene to be by her side becuz she was alone.""
- "I like quote tweets and use them frequently: to tell bad jokes and scream about the news and speak possibly nonexistent small smartphones into existence."
- "Finally, a quote tweet copies the content of another tweet and allows also to add new content. A quote tweet is sometimes called a re-tweet with a comment. In this work, we simply treat all quote tweets as original tweets since they include additional information/text."
- "I made a nice post about my engagement and grandma quote tweeted it with a link to an essay about compulsory heterosexuality. What did she mean?"
- "Last night, Portland Trail Blazers All Star guard Damian Lillard quote tweeted a tweet from Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma regarding their favorite wrestling moves."