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Do you think that we need a shorthand term for "the site formerly known as Twitter" ? Any suggestions? (Original Post) RussellCattle Jan 2024 OP
Just call it Twitter Walleye Jan 2024 #1
I like whichever DUer came up with xitter ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 #2
Exactly. Xitter Hekate Jan 2024 #4
Especially since Xi is pronounced like Sh Jerry2144 Jan 2024 #8
EXACTLY. B.See Jan 2024 #17
There you go. LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #20
Yup, Xitter is what I call it RainCaster Jan 2024 #27
I've seen it called the "Dead Twitter's which I'm fond of LearnedHand Jan 2024 #3
How about an old term 'Twit', like in this sentence, "You old twit!'. SWBTATTReg Jan 2024 #5
What is shorter than X? Sneederbunk Jan 2024 #6
I call it TwiXXer NT Happy Hoosier Jan 2024 #7
I just call it twitter. lamp_shade Jan 2024 #9
Aye! keithbvadu2 Jan 2024 #12
Exactly. Why the motherfuck would I change what I call the goddamn shit? SoFlaBro Jan 2024 #25
Xitter or Xhitter Eugene Jan 2024 #10
I just call it Twitter. And apparently so do most people still using it or highplainsdem Jan 2024 #11
Yep, Elon's ego is NOT the boss of us Attilatheblond Jan 2024 #15
"Xit"...pronounced zit ret5hd Jan 2024 #13
I call it "Twix" Pachamama Jan 2024 #14
I like that name. kentuck Jan 2024 #21
I've seen "Xitter" being used sakabatou Jan 2024 #16
"Xitter" Mike Niendorff Jan 2024 #18
Will always be Twitter to me. Lucinda Jan 2024 #19
Hex? Sewer? MLAA Jan 2024 #22
Yes.. it's Ridiculous. Cha Jan 2024 #23
No, but then I don't see the benefit of name calling. brooklynite Jan 2024 #24
Xcrement bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #26
Twoilet - instead of toilet, not sure Eliot Rosewater Jan 2024 #28
Xitter mahina Jan 2024 #29

SWBTATTReg

(22,461 posts)
5. How about an old term 'Twit', like in this sentence, "You old twit!'.
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 05:50 PM
Jan 2024

NOUN
informal
a silly or foolish person:
"she has no patience with the upper-class twit her parents try to match her with" · [more]
synonyms:
fool · idiot · halfwit · nincompoop · blockhead · buffoon · dunce · dolt · [more]

I never could understand why Muskrat changed the name of this platform, it was well engrained into the American landscape. He just simply cost himself a ton of money, which serves him right.

highplainsdem

(49,311 posts)
11. I just call it Twitter. And apparently so do most people still using it or
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 06:17 PM
Jan 2024

even just reading tweets, judging by the responses I saw the other day when someone there asked others what they call the site. Looked like about 90% called it Twitter.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
19. Will always be Twitter to me.
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 07:22 PM
Jan 2024

Elon can call it what he wants, still gonna be Twitter to me.
PLUS they are too lazy to rebrand the interior. The little blue bird still shows up on those pages...
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

Cha

(298,922 posts)
23. Yes.. it's Ridiculous.
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 08:56 PM
Jan 2024

I call it Twitter.. fuck musk.

But that’s just me.

How long are they going to do that?

brooklynite

(95,413 posts)
24. No, but then I don't see the benefit of name calling.
Sat Jan 6, 2024, 09:05 PM
Jan 2024

I still use Twitter. People still largely call it Twitter.

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