New to Twitter and the lingo has you befuddled? You hear other people dropping odd terms like hashtag, tweet, follow, mention..but what do they all REALLY mean.

I'm your host Lyndsay Phillips and this is your Smooth Business Growth Flash Update.

Here are the meanings of the most common terms.

Tweet: It can be used as a noun or a verb, but essentially is referring to the post or message.

Hashtag: A hashtag means this number '#' symbol marking a keyword or topic. This keyword is then searchable and you can view conversations that contained that hashtag/topic.

Handle: Your Twitter 'handle' is actually your Twitter name or address, kind of like your unique url. It's your username, so that people can find you, and also mention you in their posts. It is preceded by the @ symbol and is linkable. (@JohnDoe)

Retweet: You are sharing, posting or forwarding someone else's 'tweet' to your followers.

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