Twither

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Twither: The unfortunate portmanteau of Twitter and wither. (1) The virtual shutdown of Twitter, Facebook, Google etc. via Denial-of-Service Attack. (2) The (malicious) shutdown of any internet service, website, social networking site and so on via Denial-of-Service Attack for political or any other reasons.




References: Twitter outage clamps tweets, cause 'unknown', Statement from Twitter on denial of service attack and Denial-of-Service Attack

See also: Twusher or Twiorger.



Note: This posting appears simultaneously in our sister publication, The Anti-Zen Dictionary.

Revised / Updated: Saturday, August 8, 2009