Since pretty much its inception, Twitter has asked you to “update” your status, whether by web, by application, or by text. Unofficially, this has been known as “tweeting,” but that isn’t language Twitter ever used on its website.

That is, until today. Twitter has begun to change the use of the word “update” to the word “tweet.” It’s a small language change, but carries implications for the microblogging startup. This comes off the heels of the news that Twitter trademarked the word “tweet” and the AP Stylebook declaring “to tweet” legitimate grammar.

The change seems to only affect the top right profile area, where it displays your number of tweets – the homepage still has a giant “update” button, but we expect that to change as well. With everybody calling them tweets instead of updates, it makes sense. What do you think of the change? Let us know in the comments.

Thanks for the tip, Eugene and others

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