An important moment, at least symbolically, in the ascent of any hot web startup is when it becomes so mainstream that people start using it as a verb – or a noun, as the case may be.
Sometimes, the startup becomes so successful that it even enters the dictionary, and that’s exactly what Twitter has done today, as we've learned that it will be added to the next edition of the Collins English Dictionary.
According to The Telegraph, Twitter the noun will be defined as "a website where people can post short messages about their current activities" while the verb’s definition will be "to write short messages on the Twitter website.” Interestingly, the term “tweet” doesn’t appear to be included (as it now is in the AP Stylebook), but Twitterati and Twitterverse will be.