English
Xitter
Blend of X + Twitter following the rebranding of Twitter to X, motivated by the pronunciation of shitter, with the pronunciation of initial ⟨X⟩ as /ʃ/ potentially influenced by Portuguese or Pinyin, as in the name of Xi Jinping (pronounced /ʃiː/ in English).
Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną ‘to chirp’
Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn
Old English *twiterian
Middle English twitren
English Twitter
The story
Blend of X + Twitter following the rebranding of Twitter to X, motivated by the pronunciation of shitter, with the pronunciation of initial ⟨X⟩ as /ʃ/ potentially influenced by Portuguese or Pinyin, as in the name of Xi Jinping (pronounced /ʃiː/ in English).
Today it means
name Twitter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Xitter