11 Times Twitter Won #Cockygate

I’m sure by now you have seen and heard and spent MANY hours sifting through every thing surrounding #cockygate and #byefaleena and now we have the #bookstuffers and #tiffanygate coming into play as well. I agree 100% that common words should not be trademarked.

But let’s be honest.

So people in this community have shined a little comedic sunshine down on us! These tweeters are witty, hilarious and snarky. If you want to know more about #cockygate, feel free to search on Twitter, but be forewarned this is a major time suck and you are potential going to spend hours of your life reading through tweets.

#Cockygate has taken over Twitter with a vengeance and these people of the reader community have won with their snarky and witty responses!

In response to Faleena not showing up in court.

I hear FH didn't show up to court today … I bet "past her" wrote "present her" a letter/blog post and "future her" decided not to show up. #cockygate
— Harper Sloan⁷ (@HarperSloan) June 1, 2018

Pure genius. I’ll bring the popcorn!

If #cockygate doesn't turn into a Lifetime movie featuring Lindsay Lohan tearfully accusing everyone of cyber bullying, this was all for nothing.
— Lyssa Gallegos (@hellysssa) June 2, 2018

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Beautiful poetry was inspired.

There once was an author, Faleena,
Whose cockiness saw her get meaner.
She said, "It’s absurd
Not to trademark a word!"
So she did, and now people won’t read her.#cockygate
— Foz Meadows (@fozmeadows) June 2, 2018

The Responses to the court transcript from #cockygate are hilarious.

Please be on the lookout for my next book, "Doesn't Look Like My Doctor, Your Honor" where a befuddled court reporter finds surprising love in an m-triad. Wherever fine books are sold. #cockygate
— elle brownlee = ☕️ + deadlines & activism hiatus (@ellebrownlee) June 2, 2018

"Your Honor, I would say that my client has 600,000 books sold as of today's date or approximately 600,000."

THE COURT: "That doesn't prove quality."#cockygate
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— RH Tucker (@rhtuckerbooks) June 2, 2018

In my head!canon, Judge sits down to check out #cockygate online and discovers a bunch of women fangirling him. Doesn't know what to think. Blushes discretely, then mutters, "Prowess."
— Rosalie Stanton (AKA Holly on Elysian Fields) (@RosalieStanton) June 2, 2018

“no one should hold a monopoly on cocky” is my new favorite phrase #cockygate 🐔 — Danielle (@MeMissDanielle) June 5, 2018

In my head!canon, Judge sits down to check out #cockygate online and discovers a bunch of women fangirling him. Doesn't know what to think. Blushes discretely, then mutters, "Prowess."
— Rosalie Stanton (AKA Holly on Elysian Fields) (@RosalieStanton) June 2, 2018

I also would have paid CASH MONEY to hear a judge utter this. I’m picturing it in my head and it’s GLORIOUS! #Cockygate pic.twitter.com/9zncHDFKAe— Badly Drawn Theater (@IamBadlyDrawn) June 2, 2018

True Love.

My wife is over here following the #cockygate preliminary hearing like a live sport event. I think that's beautiful. I love her.
— Adam Stroop (@ShenaniganSound) June 1, 2018

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Harry Potter vs Potter’s Field

There WAS that one time I got Harry Potter mixed up with From Potter’s Field by Patricia Cornwell and… Oh wait that never happened. I’m not an idiot.
🤔 #CockyNotConfused #Cockygate

— Badly Drawn Theater (@IamBadlyDrawn) May 17, 2018

Probably the funniest thing I’ve seen from #cockygate

Hahahahahahahah 😂😂😂 #cockygate #byefaleena

(A friend sent me this on Facebook. Unsure who created the meme.) pic.twitter.com/Ujq0GHZ6XO
— Flaming Asexual 🏳️‍🌈 (@TheBookVulture) May 27, 2018

I think every reader in the romance community will always remember the summer of #cockygate and at least we can now look back on it and laugh, even though at the time it wasn’t a laughing matter.