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hashflag

noun
/ˈhæʃˌflæɡ/US

Etymology

Blend of hashtag + flag, coined during the 2010 FIFA World Cup by Twitter when national flags were added to the end of three-character national abbreviation hashtags (e.g., #rsa or #jpn)

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻
  2. derived from *flaką✻ — “something flat”
  3. derived from flagg
  4. derived from flage
  5. inherited from flag
  6. compounded as hashflag — “hashtag + flag”

Definitions

  1. A non-Unicode pictogram, similar to an emoji, automatically appended to a trending and…

    A non-Unicode pictogram, similar to an emoji, automatically appended to a trending and often branded hashtag in a tweet.

    • After posting a tweet about Wombat Strike Six, an upcoming videogame she was excited about, Monique noticed that the hashtag #wombatrevenge had an associated hashflag depicting a small, furious wombat.
    • Hashflags also don't last forever: Twitter turns them off, when the hashtag stops trending, I guess.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hashflag. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA