Twibel

English

Alternative forms

• twibel

Etymology

Blend of Twitter +‎ libel

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• blew it, blewit, twibel