Twibel

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Etymology

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Blend of Twitter +‎ libel

Noun

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Twibel (uncountable)

  1. (informal, neologism) libel in the form of postings on the Twitter microblogging service
    • 2013, Robert Trager, Joseph Russomanno, Susan Dente Ross, The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication, page 154:
      The most notorious Twitter libel case, sometimes called Twibel cases, involved rocker Courtney Love.
    • 2015, Serap Kurbanoglu, Sonja Spiranec, Esther Grassian, Information Literacy, page 105:
      Twitter, for example, has a structure (maximum 140 characters) that encourage[sic] such [quick, thoughtless] statements, leading to “twibel” actions.

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