Citations:blue check mark

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Noun: "(Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) a verified Twitter user"[edit]

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  • 2019 January 24, Ubiquitous, “Facial expressions and hats as evidence of wrongdoing are "Facecrimes" straight out of 1984”, in alt.politics.correct[1] (Usenet):
    It's getting hard to keep track of all the blue-check marks who called for the death of these kids.
  • 2019, Travis View, "How conspiracy theorists taint the justice they seek", The Washington Post, 10 July 2019:
    “Some blue check marks,” he said, in reference to verified users on Twitter, “are trying to take credit for Epstein’s arrest, but I think we all know where the real investigations are coming from . . . The chans are incredible!”
  • 2020, Dan Pfeiffer, Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again, unnumbered pages:
    I think a lot of Democrats around the country imagine a Justice League-style building where all the party players have an office and there is a conference room where Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, the presidential candidates, and all your favorite Blue Check Marks on Twitter get together to make strategic decisions.
  • 2020, Tim Miller, "The Ballad of Clay Travis", Gorizont Russian Newspaper, 17 April 2020, page 13:
    A month later most of us are voluntary detainees in our homes as part of an inspiring— if weird—act of mass solidarity. We are not doing it because «fear porn» made us or because the blue check marks hate Donald Trump.