quote tweet

English

Alternative forms

• quote-tweet

Noun

quote tweet (plural quote tweets)

1. (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^[1], archived from the original on November 11, 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^[2], archived from the original on November 1, 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)

1. (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^[3], archived from the original on November 11, 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^[4], archived from the original on November 6, 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?"