tweetstorm
noun
tweet·storm
ˈtwēt-ˌstȯrm
variants
or tweet storm
plural tweetstorms or tweet storms
: a series of many, often impassioned tweets posted in quick succession on the social media site X (formerly Twitter)
… touched off a minor tweetstorm when he posed a simple question to his Twitter crowd …—Beth Snyder Bulik
especially
: a series of sequential, sometimes numbered tweets on a single topic by an individual user
If Twitter is like being on a soapbox, then a tweetstorm is like being on a soapbox and having 10 megaphones lined up single-file in front of your mouth. —Drew Magary
Sure, Marc Andreessen is a well-known Silicon Valley venture capitalist and famous entrepreneur. But to us, he's the man who rules Twitter with a particular and, well, peculiar communication called the tweetstorm. Essentially, it's a rant on some hot-button topic in the form of a series of tweets that can go on and on and on in many parts. —Kara Swisher
Followers couldn't look away from [Kanye] West's tweet storm … After more than 30 fiery tweets, West seemed to cool off by professing his love for the world and saying he would delete the thread. —Frank Pallotta
If your 29 point tweetstorm wasn't good enough for your blog please don't put it here —Alana Hope Levinson
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“Tweetstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweetstorm. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.
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