[Ads-l] ratioed

[Chris Waigl]

On 6/20/19 10:29 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
> Headline from the Daily Kos:
>
> Liz Cheney calls Rep. Ocasio-Cortez anti-Semitic, gets historically ratioed
> on Twitter
>
> https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/18/1865595/-Liz-Cheney-calls-Rep-Ocasio-Cortez-anti-Semitic-gets-historically-ratioed-on-Twitter
>
> It may refer to the ratio of tweets supporting Cheney's accusation to those
> attacking it, but I haven't been able to find any explicit comparison in
> the article, much less a definition or repetition of the usage.

No, it's the ratio of replies to shares (retweets). Many replies = a lot
of ridicule and objection. It's on many lists.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/words-were-watching-ratio-ratioed-ratioing



Chris

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