quote tweet
English
Alternative forms
- quote-tweet
Noun
quote tweet (plural quote tweets)
- (Internet) A retweet posted with additional commentary by the retweeter.
- My most liked post is a quote tweet of the president's Arbor Day greetings in which I insinuated that shrubs should also have a holiday.
- 2016 August 4, Sagal Mohammed, “Kris Jenner is treated by paramedics after nasty car crash”, in Glamour, archived from the original on November 11, 2020, retrieved November 10, 2020:
- After being asked if she was driving, she responded with a quote tweet, saying "omg no!!! It was just my mom. My moms car. I rushed to the scene to be by her side becuz she was alone."
- 2018 May 2, Claire McNear, “How Quote Tweets Helped Ruin Twitter”, in The Ringer, archived from the original on November 1, 2020, retrieved November 10, 2020:
- I like quote tweets and use them frequently: to tell bad jokes and scream about the news and speak possibly nonexistent small smartphones into existence.
- 2020, Yasunobu Sumikawa; Adam Jatowt, “Analyzing history-related posts in twitter”, in International Journal on Digital Libraries, DOI: , page 4:
- Finally, a quote tweet copies the content of another tweet and allows also to add new content. A quote tweet is sometimes called a re-tweet with a comment. In this work, we simply treat all quote tweets as original tweets since they include additional information/text.
Verb
quote tweet (third-person singular simple present quote tweets, present participle quote tweeting, simple past and past participle quote tweeted)
- (Internet) To retweet a tweet with additional commentary such as a reaction to or joke about the original post.
- I made a nice post about my engagement and grandma quote tweeted it with a link to an essay about compulsory heterosexuality. What did she mean?
- 2018 September 26, “Lillard's favorite wrestling moves: Stone Cold Stunner and much more”, in NBC Sports, archived from the original on November 11, 2020, retrieved November 10, 2020:
- Last night, Portland Trail Blazers All Star guard Damian Lillard quote tweeted a tweet from Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma regarding their favorite wrestling moves.
- 2018, David Giles, Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame In Digital Culture, Emerald Insight, DOI: , →ISBN, page 99:
- Stormzy quote tweeting me makes me a little bit gassed.
- 2020 October 30, Felix Behr, “Zaxby's just announced its entry into the chicken sandwich war”, in Mashed, archived from the original on November 6, 2020, retrieved November 10, 2020:
- On October 26th, Zaxby's Twitter account quote tweeted the Popeye's original quote tweet that spawned the chicken sandwich wars of 2019, repeating the phrase "...y'all ready?"