hashtag
noun/ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/US
Etymology
From earlier hash tag, from hash (sign) + tag. The hash sign # was initially proposed as tag hash by Chris Messina to create groups on Twitter, modeled after the IRC channel prefix. First published use as hash tag by Stowe Boyd in 2007.
Definitions
A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.
- I support the hash tag convention: http://tinyurl.com/2qttlb #hashtag #factoryjoe #twitter
- You can also search for a hashtag by typing a topic (without the #) in the search box and clicking Search.
- While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.
The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag.
- I sound like a shitty mother and wife. Or at the very least an inadequate wife and ungrateful mother–which is in stark contrast to the image I try to portray on Instagram. Hashtag happy life. Hashtag beautiful family. Hashtag blessed.
- You're perpetually stoned, aren't you? Hashtag four twenty four seven.
- The Occam’s razor explanation is that he’s just hashtag-blessed with the kind of lustrous lashes that many people spend a lot of money (and rack up a lot of Sephora Beauty Insider points) trying to get.
To label (a message) with a hashtag.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hashtag. 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