Matt LindeboomSep 18, 2025
Shawn "Fruan" Poulsen

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.

Sep 17, 2025 at 1:03pmWeb
Show threadLuke HarbySep 17, 2025

@Fruan

Always loved the word Quoits

Show threadJosh Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan @LibertyForward1 now I need some quokka toots to quoot.
Show threadJorijn SchrijvershofSep 17, 2025

@Fruan I'm pretty sad that we left the "toot" terminology.

Also, I vote for retoot.

Show threadShawn "Fruan" PoulsenSep 17, 2025
@jorijn retoot sounds like an actually sane option I would not be surprised to encounter occasionally.
Show thread✿ floby 💉😷💨Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan @jorijn isn't that already what we can call boosts?
Show threadszakibSep 17, 2025
@jorijn @Fruan come to FRZ, we have Toot buttons. :)
Show threaditgrrl Sep 18, 2025
@jorijn @Fruan some of us still toot, there’s no toot-cops to stop you if that’s what you prefer 💁‍♀️
Show threadDan HattonSep 17, 2025
@Fruan Quoits, because they can get one knee-deep in the hoopla?
Show threadTimo ZimmermannSep 17, 2025
@Fruan @Airmed considering the hissy fit some people threw about the idea when people moved her from Twitter how about „ragey tooty“ or RT for short? *scnr*
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeSep 17, 2025
@Fruan i believe I had already decided to use "quoots"
Show threadVota Shizamura 🌟Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan I firmly stand with Quoots
Show threadKyle Brown Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan and you can quoot me on that
Show threadKevin from SupernatpodSep 17, 2025
@Fruan I don't know why "Squonks" pops in my mind but there we are.
Show threadAaronSep 17, 2025
@kotaotan @Fruan Whenever I read that word, my inner monolog yells it in the voice of Sloth from the Goonies.
Show threadAaronSep 17, 2025
@kotaotan @Fruan I have no say in the matter.
Show threadmemSep 17, 2025
@Fruan maybe "toque" -- it's like "quoted toot" spelled sideways (a la Libby the Kid), and it calls to mind a toot that you put a hat on. (your addition)
Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireSep 17, 2025
@revmem @Fruan I might go with this one
Show threadcognitively accessible mathSep 17, 2025
@WizardOfDocs @revmem @Fruan 1 toque over the line ;)
Show threadStarlight ✨Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan They're similar to quote tweets, so how about "queefs"? ​​
Show threadStarlight ✨Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan Fitting in the theme with "toots"
Show threadIshambardSep 17, 2025

@Fruan

I unironically love this.

I am a suckered for a good portmanteau!

Show threadhattifattenerSep 17, 2025
@ishambard @Fruan portmantoot, shirley
Show threadIsaac FreemanSep 19, 2025
@ishambard Goodmanteau.
@Fruan
Show threadUberZeitgeistSep 17, 2025

@Fruan Presenting my first "quoot" - "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."

Show threadUberZeitgeistSep 17, 2025
@Fruan ----- I also just as promptly reset my filters to ban me from seeing any post using that newly insufferable nickname, so a double plus....thanks!
Show threadCysio ​Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan I can't quoot this, check your quoot permissions on this post
Show threadtyzbitSep 17, 2025
@Fruan I submit "wote posts", as in "heww is what sumwun wote! :3"
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurSep 17, 2025
@Fruan
Aaarrrrgggghhh!
This us all so new, I don't know how to quoot yet!
Show threadJoachimSep 17, 2025
@Fruan I’m sad to report that Bluesky has stolen the Fediverses crown for the worst slang with “skeets” (and “bloosks”)
Show threadSym (public node) Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan I feel like BSky missed the boat by not calling quote-skeets "queefs" and this is a marketing opportunity that mastocels should capitalize on.
Show threadKay Ohtie 🔜 FWASep 17, 2025
@Fruan
Trying not to giggle at work at this name, thank you x3
Show threadheggnoxSep 17, 2025
@Fruan Alternatively, I had : "citoot" (i.e. "cite"+"toot")
Tough, "Quoot" instinctively, indeed, seems more earwormy.
Show threadGeorg Arne SpendenSep 17, 2025
@Fruan Nice. In German, it would translate to "Kröt" - Kommentar & Tröt. Also 🐸
Show threadmeowra ➡️ Moved to @[email protected] !Sep 17, 2025
@Daseinsappeal @Fruan I do like Kröt as well, but consider: Zitat + Tröt = Zitröt
Show threadGeorg Arne SpendenSep 17, 2025
@Fruan @laura Verb: Zitroën
Show threadavatastic  Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan if I may counter with tooq (said like Fool of a Took!)?
Show threadAaronSep 17, 2025
@avatastic @Fruan Just so long as you always read it aloud with an impression of Gandalf.
Show threadOpen Water Otter VE7GR🏳️‍🌈Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan I think the word "queef" would be just as good!
Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸Sep 17, 2025

@Fruan @RamenCatholic

I will boost this cute quoot twoot.

Show threadMortenSep 17, 2025
@Fruan What's wrong with "refried beef"?
Show thread✿ floby 💉😷💨Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan in French toot was translated to "pouet" so I guess we'll have "quouet"
Show threadCapitaineMoustache 🗺️⭕️Sep 19, 2025
@floby @Fruan En francisant encore plus, ça donnerait un... ✨"Citapouet"✨.
😀
Show thread42netSep 17, 2025
@Fruan How about "Quacky"...quote + wacky or "Qupids"...quote + stupid. Yours works too. Toot is underused in my opinion. Have a good one and keep making up words...it's still allowed, right?
Show threadInternet RandoSep 17, 2025
@Fruan totes
Show threadKarl Heinz HäsliprinzSep 17, 2025
@Fruan Qoot without the u looks cooler though.
Show threadLichoSep 17, 2025
@Fruan I hate it. Let's call it quoots.
Show threadDaughter of DiscordSep 17, 2025
@Fruan I don't think I can quoot on my instance
Show threadBlamellorsSep 17, 2025
@Fruan Qoots sounds naughty!
Show threadSIN001E/R-SINE | ΘΔ🦈 | 🏳‍⚧Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan i do think this is a valiant effort but i also think bsky is in fact still ahead in having the worst slang, with posts being (unofficially) called skeets
Show threadleon 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇱Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan qooote. qoo-ote
Show threadDr Ro SmithSep 17, 2025
@Fruan I wish I could quoot this to say it's still nothing to Tumble, but it hasn't reached me yet.
Show threadaburka 🫣Sep 17, 2025
@Fruan there's also quoost, for quote-boost
Show threadPRWSep 17, 2025
@Fruan Not 'totootot' (i.e. a toot within a toot)? Or perhaps a 'toto' (toot-toot)?
Show threadYourShadowDaniSep 17, 2025

@Fruan

The Mastodon Android app doesn't seem to have it yet. No quootes for me 😔

Show threadСмерть ОкупантамSep 17, 2025
@Fruan Can't quoot yet, but I endorse the word
Show threademeritrixSep 17, 2025

@Fruan

My instance seems not to offer the quoot option. 😶

Show threadJaySep 17, 2025

@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”.

Show threadFranchescaSep 17, 2025
@WhiteCatTamer @Fruan hey, what’s quopening?