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RT

1
or rt

[ ahr-tee ]

noun

plural RTs, RT's.
  1. Thanks for all of the likes and RTs.



verb (used with or without object)

RTd or RT'd or RTed, RTing or RT'ing.
  1. retweet ( def 1 ): I don’t like to RT blindly.

    Please RT this important petition.

    I don’t like to RT blindly.

RT

2

abbreviation for

  1. respiratory therapist.
  2. respiratory therapy.

rt.

3

abbreviation for

  1. right.

r.t.

4

abbreviation for

Football.
  1. right tackle.

RT

1

abbreviation for

  1. radio telegraphy
  2. radio telephony
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rt

2

abbreviation for

  1. right
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of RT1

First recorded in 2008
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Example Sentences

Conservative committee chair Andrew RT Davies said some local firms had reported losses of tens of thousands of pounds from the closure and said it was "clear that the Welsh government's response was not acceptable".

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The move has been welcomed by Welsh language campaigners but criticised by ex-Conservative Senedd group leader Andrew RT Davies.

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During Thursday's hearing, committee chair Andrew RT Davies asked Stena Line boss Ian Davies if it would be "fair to say that it's not necessarily the storm that's caused this problem, because the storm wasn't in full flow at the time - it's more a case of the seamanship when the ships were docking and leaving the port that caused the damage?"

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These hearings have allowed the Chairman, The Rt Hon Lord Turnbull, to hear directly from those most affected by the bombing, "so he can understand the terrible consequences people suffered because of the bomb".

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Andrew RT Davies, former Welsh Conservative leader, said he did not disagree with anything that had been said but added that enforcement is "really important".

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About This ˜yĐÄvlog

What else does RT mean?

RT is short for retweet, which is the act of sharing another user’s post on the social media platform Twitter.

How is RT pronounced?

[ ahr-tee ]

What are some other forms of RT?

rt

What are some other words related to RT?

Where does RT come from?

In the early days of Twitter (circa 2006), the term retweet was used by users when they wanted to tweet an identical message that they had tweeted earlier. However, the term quickly began to change meaning as users began wanting to share other people’s tweets. In order to do this, users would copy and paste another user’s tweet, then preface it with retweet, followed by the Twitter handle of the original author.

However, in 2008 one particular user, @TDavid, decided that he didn’t want to write retweet, and instead, used RT, particularly useful for a platform where space is at a premium. Since then, the acronym has steadily gained in popularity to the point where it is now commonplace on Twitter.

Twitter thought the manual retweet process was a bit cumbersome, so in 2009 it created a retweet feature, which allowed users to share other user’s tweets with the click of a button. Just months after Twitter implemented this new function, RT was entered into Urban Dictionary and Twittonary, a lexicon of Twitter jargon.

How is RT used in real life?

RT can be a noun (a/an RT) or verb (to RT). It can be written as an uppercase RT or lowercase rt.

On Twitter, RT can be often issued as a request for others to give them a signal boost.

The acronym is also particularly popular among organizations implementing marketing campaigns.

While less common, some people occasionally say retweet in everyday speech in order to express support for something someone else has said, such is the influence of Twitter on our everyday language.

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