Where does “ツイッター廃人” come from?
ツイッター廃人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ツイッター, from English Twitter, from Middle English twitren, from Old English twiterian, from Proto-Germanic twitwizōną — To twitter; chirp.
ツイッター廃人 (Japanese): A person terminally addicted to Twitter
Definitions
- A person terminally addicted to Twitter
Ancestry of “ツイッター廃人”, step by step
ツイッター廃人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ツイッター
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ツイッター | Twitter a social-networking website |
| 2 | English | A user account belonging to the above service; To... | |
| 3 | Middle English | twitren | — |
| 4 | Old English | twiterian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | twitwizōną | To twitter; chirp |
via Japanese 廃人
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 廃人 | cripple, disabled person; addict |