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
Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Use the hashtag #wordlereview to chat with other solvers.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Easter Potatoes? Potatoes USA, a national marketing board representing growers and importers actually joined in on the trend, offering tips on painting and using the hashtag #easterpotatoes.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025
Ballal's assault and arrest gained international media coverage and social media attention through hashtags such as #NoOtherLand and #hamdanballal among others on X and Instagram.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Hashtag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hashtag. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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