quote tweet dunk
/kwoʊt twiːt dʌŋk/
CommonReposting someone's tweet with a mocking or critical reply attached to humiliate them publicly.
Can be deserved or petty depending on context. Sometimes the dunk is valid criticism. Often it is just piling on or showing off. A good dunk goes viral. A bad one makes the dunker look worse.
Real-world examples3 examples
| # | Example | What it means | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | this is the funniest quote tweet dunk i've seen all year | A particularly effective mockery of someone via a quoted post. | x, 2023 |
| 02 | she posted her take and got quote tweet dunked by the actual expert | A credible person quoted her post to correct her publicly. | x, 2024 |
| 03 | he spent an hour crafting the dunk and got 4 likes. brutal | A failed attempt at a quote tweet dunk that got no engagement. | x, 2023 |
Use it when
- You are sharing someone's tweet specifically to mock or criticize it.
- Someone said something wrong or bad and you want to call it out publicly.
- Describing an instance where someone got publicly embarrassed this way.
Do not use it when
- You are sharing a tweet to agree with it or amplify it.
- You mean someone replied critically without quoting.Use “ratio” instead.
Quote tweet dunk vs ratio
quote tweet dunk
A quote tweet dunk is a direct public mockery using someone's own words.
VS
ratio
A ratio is when a reply organically outperforms the original post in engagement.
Origin and context
Grew naturally from Twitter's quote tweet feature combined with the concept of dunking on someone. Became a recognized pattern around 2018 to 2019 as the quote tweet feature was widely used for commentary.
- First seen
- 2018
- Confidence
- medium
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https://slang.fyi/quote-tweet-dunkUpdated: 2026-08-28License: CC BY 4.0