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Joined January 2014
the l o n g b o i s of punctuation xitter.cf/chrisgeidner/status/94…
Already this year — on just the second day of 2018 — a solid email from @styleguide.
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A millennial is a repository of young, virile blood used primarily to extend the lives of eccentric billionaires.
The plural of emoji is emoji
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Replying to @chrislhayes
.@chrislhayes use YESSSSS to express low key approval, YAAASSSS for frantic excitement
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Replying to @davidmackau
.@davidmackau "dad bod", plural "dads bod"
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"struggle" on first reference, "jihad" thereafter
Twitter name followed by last name: NOT a mistake, totally a thing
twitter: a micro-blogging platform that allows users to post death threats of up to 140 characters
bae: makes old people angry for some reason. This is hilarious, so use it as much as possible
justice: only white people will understand
Clickhole: see BuzzFeed, Inc. (in about 12 months, max)
DavidTennantinRain.gif: an image that wrecks readers' feels. DeadMufasa.gif on second reference
VCR: acceptable abbreviation for all references to an ancient version of Netflix. Only 90's kids will understand.
waffles: something nobody cares about, write about pancakes instead
next level, next-level: hyphenate as a modifier before a noun. Bring your ramen game to the next level. Some next-level bullshit.
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obvs: abbreviation for obvious. On first reference, use obvi
As a predicate adjective, 'everything' is always capitalized. Ex: This tweet is EVERYTHING.
Include no more than 25 shirtless men per listicle, any more and readers literally can't.