subtweet

[Amy West]

On 4/23/14, 9:01 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

This seems to be a different sub- prefix, or simply different sense,
than in "subReddit," which I hear about from my son.

---Amy West
> Date:    Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:28:48 -0400
> From:    "Joel S. Berson"<Berson at ATT.NET>
> Subject: Re: subtweet
>
> Since there was a subwoof, can a subtweet be far behind?
>
> Joel
>
> At 4/23/2014 11:09 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
>> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>> >
>> >I saw the following interaction containing the
>> >word "subtweet" on twitter today:
>> >
>> >[Begin excerpt]
>> >Steve Orlando ‏@thesteveorlando
>> >Okay I don't know what a subtweet is
>> >
>> >Tom Spurgeon ‏@comicsreporter
>> >@thesteveorlando it's ridiculous that some people don't even know what
>> >a subtweet is
>> >[End excerpt]
>> >
>> >Word Spy and the ADS mailing list archive did not have "subtweet".
>> >However, it was listed in the Urban Dictionary and Fritinancy had a
>> >relevant post
>> >
>> >Subtweet
>> >http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2013/03/word-of-the-week-subtweet.html
>> >
>> >[Begin excerpt]
>> >March 25, 2013
>> >Word of the Week: Subtweet
>> >
>> >Subtweet: On Twitter, a tweet that refers to a person without
>> >including his or her Twitter handle; the online version of talking
>> >about someone behind his back. Compressed from “subliminal tweet.”
>> >[End excerpt]
>> >
>> >
>> >Finding the first use of "subtweet" with the appropriate sense would
>> >be difficult. Instead, here are some random observations.
>> >
>> >Below is a precursor message that does not use the word "subtweet",
>> >but does use the word subliminal:
>> >
>> >[Begin tweet]
>> >Mike Billeter @mikebilleter
>> >@kristenpitt Clearly, you were the person to whom I was referring in
>> >that tweet. I can't believe you figured out my subliminal message.
>> >6:36 PM May 19th, 2008
>> >[End tweet]
>> >
>> >The message below uses "subtweet" with a different meaning:
>> >
>> >[Begin tweet]
>> >Iain Tait @iaintait
>> >When you retweet (RT) something but alter it in a subversive way it
>> >needs to be called a subtweet (ST). Ready..?
>> >5:04 PM Apr 30th, 2009
>> >[End tweet]
>> >
>> >The message below also uses "subtweet" with a different meaning, probably:
>> >
>> >[Begin tweet]
>> >Claire Underwood @KingJasmine_
>> >@ari_nicole a subtweet is a subliminal tweet. It has a hidden meaning
>> >1:28 AM Dec 7th, 2009
>> >[End tweet]
>> >
>> >The message below fits the meaning, but refers to an unused convention
>> >of adding the word "subtweet" to the message:
>> >
>> >[Begin tweet]
>> >UrDudeLovesMyKicks @DC_KickChick
>> >@ebony_essence subliminal tweet...basically writing to someone without
>> >saying they're name...u replace their name with subtweet
>> >6:24 PM Dec 15th, 2009
>> >[End tweet]
>> >
>> >Garson

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