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We all know Twitter is being rebranded as X, so we presumably should no longer be calling Tweets "Tweets", so what are they called now? The best answer gets 10 karma and a verified checkmark*

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Based on other Musk products, the answer is "sex".

"I sexed last night about pony poops."
"He sexed at me about goat groping."
"She's not sexing with me anymore."

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Tesla Model S
Tesla Model 3
Tesla Model X
Tesla Model Y

Do you see it?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

"Like, omigod, you should, like, obviously be the sire of all future humanity!"
β€” nobody, of any gender, ever

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

GENIUS, ABSOLUTE GENIUS

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Xbox series S

Sony playstation 5

Xbox series X

Holy shit

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Now everything is X.

The product: X. The account and profile: X. The posts and comments and reposts: X.

Have you seen X's X? Yes I Xed it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I smurfed Papa Smurf a Smurf while he smurfed for Smurfette

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/RbvndmKlaL8

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

So that’s why I’ve been searching for β€œXXX”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes and No? Also X.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

𝕏crements

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Haha, I love it. How very Roman.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Xits. The x is of course pronounced with the sh sound, just like the platform Xitter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Let’s go with β€œXarts”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

β€œTweet” is now up for grabs. All similar platforms should call them tweets.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Xitting, pronounced "shitting"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Elon said they’re X’s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I'm sure he knows a lot about exes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And as stupid as that is, it's even wrong. It would just be Xs. No apostrophe.

[–] RobBanks 9 points 1 year ago

It's Elon, so they'll probably be called "harambes"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Police is not going to arrest you if you just keep calling them tweets

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Xeet pronounced "Sheeeet"

As in: Elon Musk's changed the name of Twitter, Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You have tweets, now they're your Ex

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Skeets

(Serious answer, I think it's Xeets)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

pronounced as shits

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Are we censoring "twat"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] icepuncher69 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

kisses your forehead

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So "fucks" it is then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A brainfart