Twitmo (Twitter + Gitmo)
“Twitmo” (Twitter + Gitmo) is a name for Twitter jail. People who Twitter concludes have violated its rules face account restrictions. “Gitmo” (the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base) has been used as a jail.
“If Twitmo is darnkess, what is Gitmo?” was posted on Twitter by Daly de Gagné on October 22, 2008. “lost tweets don’t go to twitterheaven - they are whisked away to gitmo - or possibly ‘twitmo’ 😊” was posted on Twitter by @theEquilibrium on April 6, 2009. “@angelfrmcanada wanted me to tell you they r In Twitter jail or as I call it, twitmo, like gitmo for Twitter!! 😊” was posted on Twitter by CRUZ FOR THE PEOPLE (CA-36) on December 15, 2009. “Twitter jail… Some of us started calling it ‘twitmo’... (think Gitmo) lol” was posted on Twitter by Sue Parzych on August 22, 2011.
”Twitmo When you’ve exceed the allotted number of tweets and retweets for a set time frame and Twitter won’t allow you to post tweets for several hours” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on May 7, 2012.
Wikipedia: Twitter
Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as “tweets”. Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them.
Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo as an acronym, by the U.S. military) is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (117 km2) of land and water on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba.
Twitter
Daly de Gagné
@DalydeGagne
Replying to @petersantilli
@PeterSantilli If Twitmo is darnkess, what is Gitmo? A beacon of light and democracy. Give me friggn break. U got idiots in your midst bro!
7:46 PM · Oct 22, 2008·Twitter Web Client
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@theEquilibrium
@theEquilibrium
Replying to @KatDevlon
@TradingGoddess lost tweets don’t go to twitterheaven - they are whisked away to gitmo - or possibly ‘twitmo’ 😊
4:41 PM · Apr 6, 2009·Twitter Web Client
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CRUZ FOR THE PEOPLE (CA-36)
@RealErinCruz
Hey @lele647 ...@angelfrmcanada wanted me to tell you they r In Twitter jail or as I call it, twitmo, like gitmo for Twitter!! 😊
7:28 PM · Dec 15, 2009·Twitter Web Client
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Stoo
@_s2_11
Replying to @tinastullracing
@tinastullracing (con’t) When you’re in Twitter jail (some call it Twitmo, a gag on Gitmo), go to your back up page, and keep on Tweeting!
1:26 PM · Sep 12, 2010·Twitter Web Client
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Sue Parzych
@rowdygirl1851
@rileym2796 Twitter jail… Some of us started calling it “twitmo”... (think Gitmo) lol
11:07 PM · Aug 22, 2011·TweetDeck
Urban Dictionary
Twitmo
When you’ve exceed the allotted number of tweets and retweets for a set time frame and Twitter won’t allow you to post tweets for several hours.
“I just spent the past two hours in Twitmo, if it weren’t for DM visits I would have gone stir crazy!”
by TMS Fan Momma Bear May 07, 2012
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Mrs. T
@OriginalMrsT
Replying to @DernestJohnson2
@Slow_Grind_239 We call it “Twitmo” after the nickname for the prison on Guatanamo Bay which is “Gitmo.” Folks end up in Twitmo a lot.
10:34 PM · Apr 7, 2013·Twitter for BlackBerry®
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Montgomery Granger
@mjgranger1
Replying to @dralice1978
@dralice1978 @jwknight66 @GregWHoward Mmm? “Twitmo” is suspension from “Twitter” & #Gitmo is military detention facility in SE Cuba.
6:41 AM · Jun 15, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
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Carl Spry
@CarlSpry
TWITMO: Combo of Twitter and Gitmo. Means ur twitter account has been locked up. Twitter time out for exceeding one’s update limit. #tagdef
8:52 PM · Oct 19, 2013·Twitter Web Client
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Bullfrog the Beautiful
@MidnightBashem
Replying to @ReneeAnn82
@ReneeAnn82 Twitter jail or as I like to call it Twitmo(like Gitmo, get it?) It’s random. Could be 10 minutes, could be hours
8:47 AM · Feb 24, 2014·Twitter Web Client
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WorkerBob
@WorkerBob
@WillllamJHague
@PhilipWalters9 twitter jail = TwitMo (after GitMo) my friend as i get thrown often into the slammer
3:44 PM · May 5, 2014·Twitter for Android
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Norm Caudell-Lopez
@NormCaudell
Replying to @armyvetswife_1
It’s a temporary restriction on an account. Twitter+Gitmo=Twitmo
9:05 PM · Jun 6, 2019·Twitter for iPad
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John Totten
@JohnTotten71
Replying to @AngelaUSAgirl
Welcome to TwitMo (Twitter Gitmo). When you speak truth Twitter does not like it.
12:08 AM · Sep 12, 2019·Twitter Web App
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Ninja MF Poet
@njapoet
Replying to @MariahTess1 and @MihadAli
Twitmo is Gitmo for Twitter. I said something mean to Lindsey Graham.
7:07 PM · Jan 15, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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EmanuelHead57
@EmanuelHead57
Replying to @Unfiltered_88 and @Unfiltered_888
Twitmo is the Guantánamo Bay of Twitter. (GitMo) or Twitter Jail. You get banded & Trump gets a 12hr time out.
6:16 PM · Jan 7, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Julia
@Jules31415
Replying to @TheDaveWeinbaum
Twitmo is Twatter jail, a play on Gitmo. It’s where conservatives always end up, usually for no reason, and it means your account features are limited.
3:20 PM · Apr 13, 2021·Twitter for iPad
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Tina
@teetee2me
Replying to @NYC4691 @Youcangougeaway and 2 others
Twitmo is not a physical place it’s digital jail on Twitter but GITMO is a physical jail where bad actors go.
3:36 AM · Apr 29, 2021·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Bryan Stubbles
@BStubbles
Replying to @RoseBlack2222
It’s a play on Gitmo = Guantanamo Bay = where the US keeps a bunch of people locked up.
You’re in #Twitmo now because you followed too many people. We’re trying to get your follow ratio to something more even, then your limit should vanish.
8:01 AM · May 29, 2021·Twitter Web App