hashtag
noun
Joe SheehanMark Leibovich
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Hashtags are an everyday part of Internet culture, thanks to social media. Originally designed for categorizing posts (i.e., tagging them) on Twitter, hashtags now commonly also supplement or comment on whatever text or image they accompany. The “hash” in hashtag is short for hash mark, a term for what we also call a pound sign or, if you want to apply the word-nerdiest designation, an octothorpe. Hash in this case is probably an alteration of hatch, a term for the lines artists sometimes use to add shading to a drawing. #WordNerdery
Examples of hashtag in a Sentence
Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Taylor Swift is under mounting pressure from fans to show her support for Palestine, with the hashtag #SwiftiesforPalestine becoming the fourth-most-trending topic on X Wednesday afternoon.
—Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
Before the presidential campaign officially began in November 2023, billboards and murals with Sheinbaum’s image and the hashtag #EsClaudia (#It’sClaudia) appeared throughout the country.
—Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
Fans online congratulated Jin using the hashtag #WelcomeBackJin.
—Jintak Han, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
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“Hashtag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hashtag. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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