shtwt

English

Etymology

From SH (“self-harm”) +‎ -twt.

Proper noun

shtwt

1. (Internet slang) The Twitter community of people engaging in self-harm.

   Synonym: 988twt

   • 2022 August 30, Naomi Nix, “Self-harm posts are surging on Twitter, despite breaking content rules”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     Among the disturbing statistics in the report is that since October, hashtags related to self-harm such as #shtwt,” which is short for “self-harm Twitter,” have increased roughly 500 percent, the report found.

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