'Hey' fever: Richard Trumka's one-word tweet inspires creativity, giggles

Listen up, kids! The AFL-CIO president has an important message for his followers:

Hey

— Richard Trumka (@RichardTrumka) May 3, 2013

We’re just not sure what it is. Thankfully, plenty of tweeters out there were kind enough to fill in the blanks:

Sup RT @RichardTrumka: Hey

— Chris Moody (@moody) May 3, 2013

hey we're the Monkees RT @RichardTrumka: Hey

— Rick Klein (@rickklein) May 3, 2013

Sup, homie? RT @RichardTrumka: Hey

— Erick Sanchez (@erickmsanchez) May 3, 2013

Yo! RT @RichardTrumka Hey

— Mike Sager (@msager) May 3, 2013

What's good? RT @RichardTrumka Hey

— Sabrina Joy Stevens (@realsabijoy) May 3, 2013

“@RichardTrumka: Hey” you. Out there in the cold, getting lonely getting old, can you hear me?

— Greg Hauenstein (@greghauenstein) May 3, 2013

Is for horses #kentuckyderby @RichardTrumka: Hey

— Kyle Schmidt (@Kschmdt) May 3, 2013

I'm gonna let you finish, but @barackobama had the best Hey of all time. RT @RichardTrumka: Hey

— Sara Lang (@SaraLang) May 3, 2013

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hey, ho ho – forced dues have got to go? @rickklein RT @RichardTrumka: Hey

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) May 3, 2013

Nicely done.

Looks like we may want to keep our eyes out for more one-word tweets from Trumka:

Who needs 140 characters to spark a conversation, apparently it only takes 3

— Richard Trumka (@RichardTrumka) May 3, 2013

Go figure.

Kids these days RT @RichardTrumka: Who needs 140 characters to spark a conversation, apparently it only takes 3

— Josh Goldstein (@JoshG54) May 3, 2013