Internet
rt
What does rt mean?
A retweet — broadcasting someone else's post to your timeline. Originally a copy-paste hack ('RT @user: ...'), now a one-click button. Verb and noun, often with the implied 'this deserves more eyes'.
"Banger tweet — instant RT."
Origin
Started as a user-invented manual convention in 2007 — people typed 'RT @username' before copy-pasting a tweet. Twitter officially baked it in as a button in 2009.
Frequently asked questions
What does RT mean?
RT stands for retweet — sharing someone else's tweet to your own followers.
How do you use RT in a sentence?
"That thread was so good I had to RT it."
Where does RT come from?
It's an abbreviation of "retweet," which originated on Twitter as a way of reposting another user's tweet.
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