Twitterati en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Blend of Twitter + literati.
Meanings
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(informal, plural, plural-only) People, particularly avid or frequent users, who use the microblogging service Twitter.
Queen Elizabeth II may not have been amused, but the Twitterati certainly were.
2018 July 14, Sarah Mervosh, “Trump Walks in Front of Queen Elizabeth, Causing Social Media Frenzy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:For amusing one-liners, news, and water-cooler chatter about Palin from the Twitterati, please keep checking in on our "McCain VP Watch" Twitter widget on our blog to the right.
2008 September 3, Sarah Lai Stirland, “Sarah Palin's Campaign Debut Electrifies the GOP, Galvanizes The Twitterati”, in Wired:Sitting in the courtroom […], their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times — the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times:Fire-starters weren’t the only ones at work that night. The Twitterati were also in full force.
2009 June 8, Elina Shatkin, “Taco Zone truck attacked in Echo Park, as told by Twitter”, in Los Angeles Times: