When I first started my Twitter account, I referred to “Tweets” as “Twits.” A few people emailed me noting that a Twit had a different definition, and by golly it did. Your Dictionary explains:
….a foolish, contemptible person
Sarah Palin has created a mini-political firestorm with her Tweets about a Muslim mosque being planned in NYC.
And, yes, these qualify as…Twits.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.