Twitter down
Definition
An informal internet slang phrase referring to a service outage or technical disruption on the social media platform Twitter (rebranded as X in 2023), rendering it temporarily inaccessible to users.
A common exclamation or status update among netizens when the platform experiences downtime, often sparking memes, migrations to alternative sites, or ironic celebrations of forced digital detox.
Examples
Twitter down means my doomscrolling plans are ruined—now what do I do with all this free time?
Just when the drama peaks, Twitter down swoops in like a plot twist nobody asked for.
Twitter down? Excellent, the algorithm can't force-feed me any more cat videos disguised as world news.
Survived another Twitter down apocalypse by talking to actual humans—turns out they're not all bots.