"Twigga" Word of the Year 2009?

Along with other tw- words inspired by Twitter, twigga is a notable word for 2009.

I just heard Sherri Shepherd use it on The View the other day. And, lo and behold, it soon ended up on Urban Dictionary as "An African-American who follows the twitter activity of another African-American friend."

I let my twigga, Jamal, know I was hitting the club this weekend.

I think it was Joy Behar who joked about the tw- words evoking Elmer Fudd.