<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Ratios<ul><li>The relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second (e.g., the ratio of 5 to 2, written 5:2 or 5/2).</li><li>Proportional relation; rate (e.g., the ratio between acceptances and rejections).</li><li>Finance: the relative value of gold and silver in a bimetallic currency system.</li><li>(On Twitter): the proportion of replies to a tweet compared to the combined number of retweets and likes, where a high ratio usually indicates a barrage of negative replies.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>Ratioed or ratio'd: (on Twitter) to flood (a tweet or its author) with negative replies such that commenters as a group take control of the momentum and message away from the original poster.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>