A Brief Social Media Dictionary for the Extreme Beginner This just includes a few key words and is not meant to be exhaustive by any means. A Avatar - an avatar is usually an image that represents a person – yes, just like the movie but it represents a person online. B Bitly – when you tweet you can only use 140 characters so this free service will shorten your website addresses. Blog is a word created from the two words: “web log.” It’s like an online diary and the entries are usually displayed in reverse-chronological order. C.
