SIMPLIFYING 'TWITTER' FOR YOU..... MY READERS

''What is this 'twitting'? Too much 'twitting' will lead to quitting'' was Rajya Sabha MP Venkaiah Naidu's rhyming remark for our 'Twitter Minister' Shashi Tharoor, whose tweets are often picked upon to create a controversy. However, the message told in a serious tone, caused more laughs than to serve the purpose of wanting to probe the minister's tweeting activity.

The MP could have well avoided this awkward situation if only he knew how to make his point using an apt Twitter term. We simplify some oft-used Twitter terminologies for you, with examples:

Tweeple: Twitter people, Twitter
FOR EXAMPLE-Pleasantly surpised seeing IPL and KKR as globally trending topics on twitter. Looks like Indian Tweeple are assuming global proportions

Tweeter/Twitterer: A Twitter user
FOR EXAMPLE: One of my followers is an Indian Recipes Tweeter. I get why I might follow the recipes (sure, why not?) but why would the recipes follow me?

Tweetheart: A special tweeter who makes your heart skip a beat

FOR EXAMPLE: Having sweet chit chat wif my tweetheart! Hooooooh... What a beautiful morning!

Twitterati: Top-tier Twitterers

FOR EXAMPLE: Hia Twitterati - any of you guys own a campervan? Seriously considering one instead of a car. Advice, prices, pros and cons welcome!

Tweetup: A Twitter meet-up in person
FOR EXAMPLE : @ Bangalore airport, en route Delhi. Tight two-day schedule, so no tweetup possibility this time round.

Co-twitterer: A partner who tweets on your Twitter account

FOR EXAMPLE: Stressing for my co-twitterer @at0me... She has to finish her thesis for tomorrow. :-/

Tweet-dropping: Eavesdropping on Twitter

FOR EXAMPLE: @DoctorOHM 10 piercings? Ouch. (Tweet dropping, lol)

Twaiting: Twittering while waiting

FOR EXAMPLE: @sgBEAT:twaiting for NR7 at the bus stop outside TANGS. Lol. It's quite a wait.

Tweeps: Short for Tweeple (Duh.)

FOR EXAMPLE: Help me tweeps! I need 9 more followers! Just 9 more! Thanks & I'll give my new followers a shoutout & I'll follow them back (no random ppl)

Mistweet: A tweet mistake, which one may regret later

FOR EXAMPLE: Of course the problems with a couple of accounts is keeping up with potentially 2 lists of friends. And the chance of a mistweet.

Tweetaholic: A problem of Twitter addiction

FOR EXAMPLE: @cubicile_blues Do you work 24x7 by any chance?? :) you seem like workaholic + tweetaholic :D

Now if only we'd collated this before Naidu made his now infamous comment, he would have probably said - ''Being a tweetaholic and a minister, it's time you avoided the odd mistweet.'' Or is that wishful thinking?

And oh, there are lots more-twittastic (Twitter fantastic), twugs (Twitter hugs), twuddies (Twitter buddies) to mention a few.

KEEP TWEETING...AND SING MY HEART GOES TWEET, TWEET, TWEET