On Twit
Signals
I define a “twit
signal” as any tic of politicized writing that signals that the writer is a
twit. A twit signal is rhetorical, not informative. The meaning it conveys is;
I conform to my tiny group’s quaint customs and beliefs.
For instance, take the
word “wymyn”, favored among certain radical feminists. Sure, it’s orthographic,
but it’s also self-ghettoization.
Other
twit signals include; “frankenfood”, “Democrat party” and “Obamunist”.
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