xeet

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

Combination of X + tweet. Originated from a July 2023 hoax claiming that tweets would be renamed as part of the site's rebrand from Twitter to X.

Noun

xeet (plural xeets)

1. (Twitter, humorous) Alternative form of tweet
   • [2023 July 25, Mary Walrath-Holdridge, “X’s and Xeets: What we know about Twitter’s rebrand, new logo so far”, in USA Today:

     One of the biggest questions on everyone’s minds since the change: what are we supposed to call a “tweet” now? Many users have guessed “xeet,” a variation on the original term “tweet.” Posts alleging to be screenshots of the Twitter help center page including the term “xeet” have even circulated on the platform, though notes beneath those tweets have marked them false and a quick visit to the official help page shows only the term “tweet” and no sign of “xeet.”]

   • 2023 July 26, A.J. McDougall, “Elon Offers Twitter User Merch After Stealing His @X Handle”, in Daily Beast‎^[1]:

     As of Wednesday, he [Greg Hwang] was tweeting (xeeting?) from @x1234567998765, including one tweet (xeet?) that read, “Alls well that ends well.”

   • 2023 December 28, @sillyeralol, Twitter‎^[2]:

     haha, great #xeet my friend, dattebayo!

   • 2024 January 5, Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, quoting Alexander Katsnelson, “Ex-Gosar staffers have voiced racism, antisemitism and homophobia on social media”, in AZ Mirror‎^[3]:

     “This is my 88th xeet, Heil Hitler,” the account said, using a portmanteau to describe posting on X. The number 88 holds significance for neo-Nazis

   • 2024 April 11, @cringephibia, Twitter‎^[4]:

     Your oomf? Don't be silly. You're not oomfs. Not anymore. And examining Marcy's priv xeets, it's doubtful you ever were.

   • 2024 May 25, @SkibidiPeter_, Twitter‎^[5]:

     Erm future banger xeet? Follow me! Also!! Dont forget your click! arab.org/

Verb

xeet (third-person singular simple present xeets, present participle xeeting, simple past and past participle xeeted)

1. (Twitter, humorous) Alternative form of tweet
   • 2023 July 26, A.J. McDougall, “Elon Offers Twitter User Merch After Stealing His @X Handle”, in Daily Beast‎^[6]:

     As of Wednesday, he [Greg Hwang] was tweeting (xeeting?) from @x1234567998765, including one tweet (xeet?) that read, “Alls well that ends well.”

   • 2023 August 23, @greg16676935420, Twitter‎^[7]:

     Just got to my office (the bathroom) and ready to start xeeting

   • 2024 May 7, @DFallamhain, Twitter‎^[8]:

     She actually xeeted this.

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɖeːt/ [ˈɖeːʰt]
• Hyphenation: xeet

Noun

xéet m

1. plural of xáa

Declension

Declension of xéet
absolutive	xéet
predicative	xéeti
subjective	xéet
genitive	xéet
Postpositioned forms l-case xéetil k-case xéetik t-case xéetit h-case xéetih

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xàa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[9], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 365

Wolof

Noun

xeet

1. race, ethnic group