ついったー
noun
Twitter, X (social media)
1.
Twitter, X (social media)
A social media platform for posting short messages (tweets), now rebranded as X.
Twitterで情報を発信する。
Share information on Twitter.
好きな芸能人のTwitterをフォローしている。
I follow my favorite celebrity's Twitter.
Twitterの投稿が炎上して大きな話題になった。
The Twitter post went viral and became a big topic.
Twitter (rebranded as X in 2023) is very popular in Japan. Japan has one of the highest Twitter user bases in the world.
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- ツイートする: to tweet
- フォローする: to follow
- リツイート (RT): retweet
- いいね: like
- ツイ廃: Twitter addict
- 裏アカ (裏アカウント): secret/anonymous account
- 炎上: going viral (often negative)
USAGE NOTES:
- Despite the rebranding to X, many Japanese users still call it Twitter
- Twitter is commonly used for news, entertainment, and disaster information
- ツイッター or Twitterはwritten in Japanese text
炎上 (literally "going up in flames") specifically refers to a post receiving massive negative attention.