The Finger Wag – Athletes using Twitter and Social Media to their Disadvantage

BigMay42

(Sean May)

Got my skinny latte from starbucks in hand. Headed to chapel hill... I hate driving!!! With a passion http://twitpic.com/1gvslb On 8:02 PM Apr 19th 2010 from Tweetie

And the accompanying twitpic. (By the way, not exactly “twitpicable”)

Don’t worry, Sean. If you keep taking pictures of your driving hand holding your coffee, I have a feeling you won’t be driving much longer.

For god’s sake, just don’t do anything to distract you any further.

BigMay42

(Sean May)

#nowplaying Adam Lambert whataya want from me ... Don't know why I like this damn song lol On 9:41 PM Apr 19th 2010 from Tweetie

VernonDavis85

(Vernon Davis)

came in today a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes for men. Yes! about to wear them right now. What y'all think? http://twitpic.com/1gvqyc On 7:55 PM Apr 19th 2010 from Echofon

Doesn’t seem that interesting, does it? I bet you didn’t even click through to that twitpic. Big mistake.

Holy shit those are bad ass shoes! Totally twitpicable.

If you’re anywhere near my age demographic, you immediately think of one person wearing those shoes.

I love when the internet introduces a new word into our language.

Google. Tweet. Defriend.

In this case, Tank Johnson coined the phrase “Twitpic Worthy” or as I’ll call it, “Twitpicable”.

TankJohnson99

(Tank Johnson)

With this new dumb ass blackberry update now I can't twitpic! And NY is so twitpic worthy! Somebody Heeeeelp! On 7:23 PM Apr 16th 2010 from UberTwitter

Examples of use:

“You’ve never seen anything like the Grand Canyon.  It’s breathtaking.  Totally twitpic worthy.”

“Did you know it too Michelangelo four years to paint the Sistine Chapel? It was worth it.  It came out really twitpicable.”

“It’s a shame they won’t let camera phones into that club. One dancer had such a twitpicable bod it would double my followers.”

Go forth and spread the new language of social media.