Meaning of subtweet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tweet that refers to another user without tagging their name in the message, so that the user being talked about is not automatically notified.
2. Any social media post of this type, regardless of which service it is posted on.
   broadly

Examples

“But it was also a subtweet, addressed to one person but meant for someone else entirely.”

“Curt texts, unanswered emails, Facebook statuses declaring “someone” to be an idiot, the notorious subtweet; if you can communicate with it, people can be passive aggressive with it.”

“Don’t look back in anger—Oasis, the prodigal sons of Brit-pop, is returning. After years of public feuding and subtweets and alleged battery with a cricket bat, the Gallagher brothers—Liam and Noel, obvs—are working it out on the remix, with a rash of 2025 summer dates announced on their website.”

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