Can’t find exactly what you’re looking for in search? Use these operators to further refine your queries (or use the advanced search form):

Operator Finds tweets…
twitter search containing both “twitter” and “search”. This is the default operator.
“happy hour” containing the exact phrase “happy hour”.
love OR hate containing either “love” or “hate” (or both).
beer -root containing “beer” but not “root”.
#haiku containing the hashtag “haiku”.
from:centripetal sent from person “centripetal”.
to:centripetal sent to person “centripetal”.
@centripetal referencing person “centripetal”.
“happy hour” near:”san francisco” containing the exact phrase “happy hour” and sent near “san francisco”.
near:NYC within:15mi sent within 15 miles of “NYC”.
superhero since:2009-10-22 containing “superhero” and sent since date “2009-10-22″ (year-month-day).
ftw until:2009-10-22 containing “ftw” and sent up to date “2009-10-22″.
movie -scary containing “movie”, but not “scary”, and with a positive attitude.
flight containing “flight” and with a negative attitude.
traffic ? containing “traffic” and asking a question.
hilarious filter:links containing “hilarious” and linking to URLs.
news source:twitterfeed containing “news” and entered via TwitterFeed