untweetable en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + tweetable.
Meanings
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(Internet) Not capable or worthy of being communicated via the Twitter microblogging service.
For an Amy or a Gaga that’s all fine – there’s a whiff of cordite there – but for someone who makes The Jonas Brothers look like Megadeth, it’s just dreadfully untweetable.
2010 November 12, Brian Boyd, “Revolver”, in Irish Times:The opener, Cardona's Light Conversation, was anything but -- Cardona and Rahel Vonmoos dancing mostly to a recording of a dense conversation about Kierkegaard's philosophy and other untweetable subjects.
2010 January 6, Jordan Levin, “Disabled dancers heat up Winterfest”, in Miami Herald:And some recipes are just untweetable, like lobster Thermidor, which calls for 26 ingredients and 32 steps. Twitter can’t handle too many instructions like “pour the cognac in and boil for a minute or two, shaking the skillet.”
2009 August 5, Michael Hill, “Tweet and potatoes: Recipes get scrunched”, in The State Journal-Register:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more untweetable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most untweetable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |