Best Tweets of 2012 By Post 50s

#Best Tweets of 2012 @Post50s
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Katie Couric on the red carpet at the 2012 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's event at The Waldorf=Astoria on November 10, 2012 in New York City benefitting The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Katie Couric on the red carpet at the 2012 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's event at The Waldorf=Astoria on November 10, 2012 in New York City benefitting The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research)

Forget "out of the mouths of babes" -- there were plenty of biting witticisms, expletive-laden celebrations (warning: one is included in this piece), carefully crafted observations and pearls of irreverent wisdom on Twitter in 2012 put there by folks who are post 50.

When it came time to figuring out what the best tweets of 2012 by post 50s were, there was no shortage of contestants. From James Cameron's descent into the Marina Trench, the deepest place on Earth...

... to the outspoken Cher's battle cry for womankind ...

...it was a lively year for midlifers on Twitter. And while Betty White may be past the midlife point -- nah, we need her to live to be 200 at least -- she still brought a smile to our faces with this:

What else were post 50s saying around the Twittersphere? With a shout-out to our friends at Twitter for helping us, here is a list of 20 influential post 50 figures and one of their most retweeted posts in 2012.

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