SpinVox + Twitter Part 1 of…?

In the first of what will no doubt eventually turn out to be many, many Twitter related SpinVox blog posts – today I want to talk about language.
More specifically, Twitter language.

See SpinVox has this thing called a ‘Voxgeist’, which is basically a list of words that are being uttered right now. Words of the moment if you will. We can use this (and have been using this) to monitor trends, spot regional patterns and most interestingly, detect new words and phrases in around certain areas of interest.

The past few weeks I’ve been helping out on the lookout for new words that have slowly crept into the Voxgeist in around all things Twitter. What with our Ping.fm integration gaining new users week on week, it was only a matter of time before we started seeing super random words and phrases pop up in our virtual lexicon.

Here’s ten of the best:

1. Hashtag (noun): a way of marking an event or common theme e.g. “I’m off to Mobile Geeks of London #MGoL” (also – see #FollowFriday)

2. #FollowFriday (term): a weekly event, where you recommend your favourite Twitterers to your followers.

3. Dabr (noun): a mobile web interface for Twitter.

4. Twetiquette (term): appropriate behavior when using Twitter.

5. Twitpoll (noun): a survey/question posed on Twitter, often for research. Sometimes just for fun: e.g.: “Which shoes should I buy?”

6. Tweetdeck (noun): one of the most popular desktop interfaces for Twitter.

7. Twhirl (noun): a smaller, less intrusive desktop interface for Twitter

8. Mashable Effect (term): the result of @mashable, aka Pete Cashmore, founder of Mashable.com, re-tweeting your site/blog address and causing it to overload with web traffic.

9. Tweetup (noun): a meeting organised on Twitter.

10. Twestival (noun): a charity event organised using Twitter

Obviously I can’t let this blog post go by without a blatant plug of our Ping through SpinVox service…  Sign up is easy and, once complete, you can speak your tweets freely from wherever you have a phone signal!

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