Rose Twitter

English

Etymology

In reference to the rose emoji (🌹), used as a symbol of democratic socialism.

Proper noun

Rose Twitter

1. (Internet slang) The community of democratic socialists on Twitter.
   • 2018 June 18, Jordan Weissmann, “Elon Musk Is Trying to Redefine Socialism as ... Capitalism”, in Slate‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-30:

     Elon Musk's dime-store political philosophizing at the expense of rose Twitter is not that important, even if he is an influential, powerful guy.

   • 2020 February 26, Sean Casey, “The view from the twilight zone”, in The Stanford Daily, Stanford University, page 4:

     But on the night of the caucuses, disaster! The blue checkmarks of rose Twitter caught wind of your plot!

   • 2020 December 28, u/ballmermurland, “The only form of bipartisanship in the US”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/neoliberal:

     Also, I give AOC another 2-3 years before Rose Twitter turns on her for compromising to get things done.

   • 2021 February 18, A.D. Quig, “City Council's socialists see themselves as an antidote to the status quo”, in Crain's Chicago Business‎^[3], Chicago, I.L.: Crain Communications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:

     But DSAers saw the move as a betrayal. The reproach was almost immediate, with some on "Rose Twitter" (DSA members often signify their membership by adding a rose emoji to their name) declaring [Andre] Vasquez a failure and saying he would face a challenger in 2023.

   • 2022 August 11, u/ASlockOfFeagulls, “Discussion Thread: Attorney General Garland Makes a Statement to the Media at 2:30 p.m. Eastern”, in Reddit‎^[4], r/politics:

     I just want to point out for the trolls here how INSANE the idea is that the FBI is some secret socialist deep state tool to defend the radical liberal agenda. Like, have you ever met an FBI agent?? Those guys and gals don't exactly live on rose twitter

See also

• Black Twitter
• EduTwitter
• Stan Twitter
• Weird Twitter