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  • noun neologism, Internet The act of damaging one's reputation through an offensive or otherwise inadvisable Twitter post.

Etymologies

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Blend of Twitter and immolation.

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  • He's in the piece I have on Friday's Morning Edition, explaining the new word he invented: "twimmolation."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • He's in the piece I have on Friday's Morning Edition, explaining the new word he invented: "twimmolation."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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