Subtweeting
Posting about a specific person without naming or tagging them, so they get no notification but everyone who knows, knows.
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SubtweetingvsVaguebooking
The short answer
Both are oblique posting, but vaguebooking fishes for attention with no specified target, while subtweeting aims at one person and denies it. Same technique, opposite motives.
Side by side
| Aspect | Subtweeting | Vaguebooking |
|---|---|---|
| Has a target | One specific person | Usually none |
| Wants | To land a hit | To be asked |
| Hides | The name | The event |
| First attested | 2009 | 2009 |
What each one means
Vaguebooking
Posting a deliberately cryptic status — no names, no details — engineered so readers ask what's wrong.
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