Twitterverse crazy over #FiveWordstoRuinaDate
The world of Twitter moves quickly and memes can take over even more quickly. Over the past several days one of the best examples of that has been with the hashtag #FiveWordsToRuinaDate, which asks users to think of an utterance that a potential paramour could say that blows the evening.
Last week it was among Twitter's top trends and wound up a favorite of marketers, as well. Some people seemed to be speaking from experience.
Sorry I forgot my wallet #FiveWordsToRuinADate
— Manal Alyaba (@MissManola) January 21, 2015While others were topical, if not cheeky:
Your balls seem under inflated #FiveWordsToRuinADate
— Rafael Cabrales (@rafacabrales) January 21, 2015They've been political:
I'm not watching the #SOTU #FiveWordsToRuinADate
— Jennifer Molina (@JenMolina_v) January 21, 2015Blunt:
'You look older in person' #FiveWordsToRuinADate
— ♚ ScHoolboy M (@26TheGreat) January 20, 2015Or even designed for gotcha moments:
"How much do you earn?" #FiveWordsToRuinADate
— CARL (@UberNigerian) January 20, 2015Even brands are catching on to the hashtag by tailoring it around their products:
“I never had a Walkman.” #FiveWordsToRuinADate
— Sony (@Sony) January 13, 2015I don't share curly fries #FiveWordsToRuinADate
— Arby's (@Arbys) January 13, 2015
The hashtag has had more than 501,000 tweets over the past 30 days, according to social analytics site Topsy.com, and is continues to strengthen with catchy memes.