twitcher means someone or something that twitches. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
twitcher is pronounced /ˈtwɪt͡ʃə/.
Etymology
From twitch + -er. The birdwatching sense first recorded in 1970 and recalled as being in use in 1968; claimed by R.E. Emmett to have arisen in 1950s Britain in reference to birder Howard Medhurst who often arrived at rare‑bird sites shivering after riding pillion on Emmett's motorcycle.
noun
- Someone or something that twitches.
- An avid birdwatcher who travels long distances to see rare species, or to add a new species to their personal list; a birder who goes on twitches.“It is difficult to classify them precisely, but, in roughly ascending order of productivity, we now recognise the purely chance observer, the locality regulars (now recognising that ‘time in’ eventually equals ‘rarity out’), the ringers (particularly when working in groups), the occasional tally-hunter (most of us, if we are honest), the full-time observatory workers (exhibiting the highest standa”
- A streamer on the video livestream service Twitch.“The Twitchers interact with their audiences in multiple ways in order to create communities.”