Twittermob

English

Etymology

Twitter +‎ mob

Noun

Twittermob (plural Twittermobs)

(usually derogatory) A group of Twitter users targetting an issue or individual, especially one that forms suddenly and is viewed as hostile.
- 2011 July 30, Steven Baxter, “The press will not learn from the Chris Jefferies case”, in New Statesman:
  We live in an age when the old media claim to be the voices of calmness and reason amid the storm, comparing themselves favourably with the lawless frontier towns and torch-wielding Twittermobs of social media.
- 2012 April 3, Brendan O'Neill, “The Twitterstorm against Samantha Brick is infinitely uglier and nastier than the article she wrote”, in The Telegraph:
  What is it about the era we live in that means these kind of Twittermobs can emerge with such speed and ferocity?
- 2012, David Banks, "How do you prosecute a Twittermob?", 26 April 2012 (used in title only)
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Twittermob.

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