Favourite. Twitter's original button for marking a tweet you liked was the "fav" (a star icon), and the verb "to fav" stuck around even after the platform switched to "like" (a heart) in 2015. Older Twitter users still talk about "favving" tweets out of habit.
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Shortened form of "favourite", used as both a noun ("she's my fave") and an adjective ("my fave song"). Universal across pop-music fandom (where it became a Twitter staple in the early 2010s), reality-TV discourse, and casual texting. Verb form "to fave" (= to favourite a tweet/post) is also common.
(Internet slang, derogatory, humorous, vulgar) Twitter.
(positive, high-register or archaic) Liked, cherished.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
Hat tip. Used as a credit when sharing someone else's tweet, article or find, equivalent to "via" or "thanks to". Originated in early blogging culture and carried over to Twitter, where "h/t @user" appears at the end of a tweet to credit whoever surfaced the link.