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Why Twitter’s talking about sex toys now

Twitter has dildos on the brain—and on the silver screen.

 

Fruzsina Eördögh

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Posted on Sep 22, 2011   Updated on Jun 3, 2021, 2:38 am CDT

Twitter users have long favored word games that involve replacing one word with something else, and those often become trending topics, the site’s designation for the most popular terms and phrases shared on its network. Early Thursday, “#replacefilmnameswithdildo” briefly rocked English-speaking countries across the world.

We don’t know where to stick this latest Twitter trend.

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*First Published: Sep 22, 2011, 2:24 pm CDT