Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Being in a state of nervous excitement; twittering: a crowd atwitter with expectation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a twitter.
Wiktionary
- adj. postpositive twittering
- adj. postpositive nervously excited
Examples
“The fact that it sets the Intelligent Design Creationists all atwitter is part of the fun.”
“The tech world has long been known as a world that favors guys, just this week twitter was all "atwitter" about a women in tech panel that occurred at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in SF.”
The Huffington Post: Melissa Silverstein: The Social Network
“The Internet was all "atwitter" last night with word that a new survey by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning firm, finds conservative Christine O'Donnell surging into a lead over moderate Mike Castle in tomorrow's GOP primary for Senate in Delaware.”
“Everyone is "atwitter" with this change and for good reason.”
“The Internet was all "atwitter" last night with word that a new survey by Public Policy”
““So,” he said, folding his arms, too, “Cedar Springs is all atwitter at the prospect of Wyatt Clark having met someone?””
“In 2007, industry blogs were atwitter about a rumor that Warner Brothers' head of production declared the studio was no longer interested in movies with female leads.”
The Huffington Post: Francine LeFrak: The Mysterious Disappearance of Hollywood's Trailblazing Women
“Getty Images Twitter Inc. got beat to "tweet," and its lawyers are all atwitter about it.”
The Wall Street Journal: Fowl Language: Companies Squawk About Who Gets 'Tweet'
“University of Wisconsin-Madison students must be all atwitter with the news that theirs is the most buzzed about university, at least according to the Global Language Monitor.”
The Huffington Post: Buzzworthy Schools: Which Universities Have The Largest Internet Presence?
“University of Wisconsin-Madison students must be all atwitter with the news that theirs is the most buzzed about university, at least according to the Global...”
The Huffington Post: Buzzworthy Schools: Which Universities Have The Largest Internet Presence?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘atwitter’.
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Zamboni Palin
My imaginary lexicon for future megastar and visionary Zamboni Palin.
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Because I like them: A -- B
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cloudjuice's Words
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A spoonful of sugar
Words I should learn/I want to learn/I just learned, with a quotation to help the medicine go down.
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stpeter's Words
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
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jbd1's Words
mondegreen, discombobulate, ourobouros, unputdownable, gobbledygook, zephyr, obloquy, prestidigitation, glossolalia, dilapidated, revivification, truthiness and 92 more...
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Rickster66's list
I am a writer...I love words...I try to collect them like precious jewels. My list is one that flies by the seat of my pants. They appear and I catch them...
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Words that should be used more often
Fun words that should be used more often. Words I use in casual conversation. So casual, nobody bothers to comment on it.
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fun to say
words simply fun to say and hear
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Localisms, don'cha know?
Welcome to Minnesota!
these are things i've overheard locally in others' casual conversations. words that you wouldn't expect to hear in this area, but that i have heard utterred out loud. in...spendy, lemonass, anal-snapping, fucktard, blam, cro-magnon, banshee, kook, atwitter, facetious, bruhaha, brouhaha and 13 more...
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rduke's Words
misguggle, ken, sere, etiolated, gelid, digladiate, popinjay, bathykolpian, conglaciation, hyperborean, callipygian, vagile and 1253 more...
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Least Favorites
choicest, sassafras, vomit, amorous, testes, agrarian, egregious, lactate, pus, crotchety, cul-de-sac, precipice and 74 more...
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Preliminary #1
Just trying to make things more manageable for the moment
life of riley, tongue in cheek, long in the tooth, dumb luck, bone up, pony express, deal breaker, whoopsy daisy, scarce as hen's t..., pony up, thick as thieves, dumb bunny and 78 more...
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pomegranate's Words
cataclysm, apocalypse, catharsis, boggle, coriander, sagebrush, sacristy, centripetal, antidote, anecdote, man-who story, hirsute and 61 more...
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