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Twittermob en · NOUN

Etymology

From Twitter + mob.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, usually) A group of Twitter users targetting an issue or individual, especially one that forms suddenly and is viewed as hostile.
   • 2012, David Banks, "How do you prosecute a Twittermob?", 26 April 2012 (used in title only)
   • We live in an age when the old media claim to be the voices of calmness and reason amid the storm, comparing themselves favourably with the lawless frontier towns and torch-wielding Twittermobs of social media. 2011 July 30, Steven Baxter, “The press will not learn from the Chris Jefferies case”, in New Statesman:
   • What is it about the era we live in that means these kind of Twittermobs can emerge with such speed and ferocity? 2012 April 3, Brendan O'Neill, “The Twitterstorm against Samantha Brick is infinitely uglier and nastier than the article she wrote”, in The Telegraph:

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