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Ellyn Angelotti
Dana Eagles of the Orlando Sentinel defines common Web terms to create an online journalism glossary.



Tweet (and other Twitter lingo)
Thanks to @barbaranixon for the inspiration with her Twitter lexicon blog post.
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Tweet: Your 140-character (or shorter) message
Tweep: Someone you know on Twitter
@ : The symbol that precedes the name of a person you’re replying to
Twoops: Accidentally sending a direct (private) message publicly

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