Now that quote posts are a thing on Mastodon, we need an insufferably cutesy nickname for them that everyone hates but still gets used anyway.

To that end I nominate “Quoots”, a portmanteau of ‘quote’ and ‘toot’. I believe it’s the worst possible option, solidly cementing Mastodon in particular and the Fediverse in general as having the worst slang on the internet.

Please quoot to spread the word.

@Fruan Other possibility:

An acronym for Quote With Original Poster (QWOP) or QUoting OP (QUOP), with the bonus that “quop” is an old English word for “throb”, “pulsate”, or “beat”; you can use the even older spelling for the past tense: “quappened”.