If you’ve been on twitter for a while you’ve probably seen the different terms that fly about in twitter language. It’s kind of fun but when you’re new to the game it’s not always easy to figure out what in the world everyone is talking about.

But it’s good to know some of the terms and use them if you’re going to use twitter effectively. A few of my favorites:

Tweet – when you actually post your 140 character message on twitter you’re sending a tweet.

Twitterer – someone who is on twitter and tweets

Twitaholic – enough said!

Tweetie – I can’t find this one officially in the twitter dictionary (is there such a thing) but I like to use it – similar to tweetheart. I use it more generically to sign off as in “see you later tweeties”. Others might say “see you later tweeple” – that works too.

Actually there is, sort of, a running twitter dictionary over at www.twittonary.com so you can find other fun “tw” words. It’s a growing list so have fun!

But most of all, just start interacting with people. We’ll talk about following and getting followers in another post. Enjoy!