You'll often see the letters RT followed by @username. This is the convention where someone has received a tweet, and decides to forward it (or "re-tweet" it) to their own followers.
It's generally a good thing to do. In Twitter itself you have to do this manually - copy and paste the tweet and add "RT @" in front of the username at the start of your re-tweet. Some add-on software automates the process.
Warning But do realise that tweets received with a padlock symbol after the user name is from someone who doesn't allow the public to see their tweets. Only re-tweet if it's already in the public domain, or otherwise OK.
If you want your tweet to be easily RT'd, best to ensure you don't use the full 140 characters - use no more than 120, to leave 20 free.
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