hashtag en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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(Internet) 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
2007 Aug 25, Stowe Boyd, tweet, https://twitter.com/stoweboyd/status/226570552The planes are moving into position. The foreign ministers of minor Arab states are taking calls on their cell-phones from Western politicians. Twitter accounts explode around the Libyan hash-tag.
2011, Rory Stewart, “Here we go again”, in London Review of Books, 33.VII: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.
2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring:You can also search for a hashtag by typing a topic (without the #) in the search box and clicking Search.
2009, Paul McFedries, Pete Cashmore, Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets:
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(Internet, informal, metonymically) The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag.
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.
2024 July 31, Heather Schwedel, Is J.D. Vance Wearing Eyeliner?: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.
2016, Emily Giffin, First Comes Love: A Novel, New York City: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 40:You're perpetually stoned, aren't you? Hashtag four twenty four seven.
2018, John Allison, By Night, volume 1, Los Angeles, CA: Boom! Box, →ISBN, page n.p.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hashtags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cashtag · hashflag · blacktag · hashtivism · bashtag
Descendants
해시태그 · hashtag · hashtag · هاشْتاق · แฮชแท็ก · hashtag · hashtag · ハッシュタグ · hästäkki · hutsmerk · հեշթեգ · хеште́г · hasztag · геште́ґ · כעשטעג · hashtag · hashtag · هشتگ · האַשטאַג · Hashtag · хеште́г
Translations (56)
ka ჰეშთეგი (a tag with a hash sign) · oc etiqueta (a tag with a hash sign) · id tagar (a tag with a hash sign) · ar هَاشْتَاق (a tag with a hash sign) · gl cancelo (a tag with a hash sign) · el χάσταγκ (a tag with a hash sign) · es almohadilla (a tag with a hash sign) · fi hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · ko 해시태그 (a tag with a hash sign) · nl hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · et teemaviide (a tag with a hash sign) · fi aihetunniste (a tag with a hash sign) · mi tohumarau (a tag with a hash sign) · eo kradvorto (a tag with a hash sign) · it hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · fr mot-dièse (a tag with a hash sign) · ru хэште́г (a tag with a hash sign) · tr etiket (a tag with a hash sign) · uk хеште́г (a tag with a hash sign) · cy hashnod (a tag with a hash sign) · no emneknagg (a tag with a hash sign) · da hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · hu hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · cmn 井號標籤 /井号标签 (a tag with a hash sign) · et hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · ar وَسْم (a tag with a hash sign) · pl hasztag (a tag with a hash sign) · is myllumerki (a tag with a hash sign) · ru ме́тка (a tag with a hash sign) · fa هشتگ (a tag with a hash sign) · is kassamerki (a tag with a hash sign) · pt marcador (a tag with a hash sign) · sv hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · hy հեշթեգ (a tag with a hash sign) · id tanda pagar (a tag with a hash sign) · es etiqueta (a tag with a hash sign) · ka ჰეშტეგი (a tag with a hash sign) · fr mot-clic (a tag with a hash sign) · acw هاشْتاق (a tag with a hash sign) · es hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · ms tanda pagar (a tag with a hash sign) · fi hästäkki (a tag with a hash sign) · ar هَاشْتَاغ (a tag with a hash sign) · af hutsmerk (a tag with a hash sign) · fr hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · ru хеште́г (a tag with a hash sign) · pt hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · cs heštek (a tag with a hash sign) · th แฮชแท็ก (a tag with a hash sign) · de Hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · cs hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · ja ハッシュタグ (a tag with a hash sign) · uk геште́ґ (a tag with a hash sign) · et räsimärk (a tag with a hash sign) · sk hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) · pl hashtag (a tag with a hash sign)