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The number symbol that people keep putting in front of phrases, like when they are going to do something.
Thank you twitter for starting something stupid like hashtag...
#number is really "number number"

#inmyshoe is really "number in my shoe"
#a is really "number a"
Hashtag by HammedZippy January 23, 2016
Every article explaining hashtags is like a million pages long and P.S. people–using the word “metadata” to explain them is like, thank you for nothing.

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Hashtag by BrainTrustBabe August 1, 2014
Hashtag-Noun. Spawned from the ever powerful Twitter Machine, this symbol (#) has become a new way to add a thought, or some up the thought of, a sentence, giving it more clarity, and often, more wit. Most commonly found in tweets, FB status, and comments (in that order)
"Just eat an entire sleeve of oreos cookies in 8 mins #highlife"

"Wegmans didnt have MY kind of Organic Milk, so i had to by that silk shit instead #whitegirlproblems"

"Going car shopping today because my last car caught on FIRE #nbd

#=Hashtag
Hashtag by KennyPowell July 19, 2011
A hashtag (#) is used most commonly in tweets to signify that you have autism.
Dana: "#swag"
Me: "I can't write hashtags on my keyboard so I'm same from this cancer. By the way, swag means secretly we are gay."
Dana: "I said #SWAG"
Me: "Alright, good to know that you're gay too."
Dana: "Wait what"
Hashtag by Yoda's Ass June 19, 2017
1) (v) to attract, through social media, attention to political issues so important to you that you are ready to go on a crusade in order to defend said issues.

2) (n): something that, prior to the advent of the social media phenomenon, was known as a 'pound key') on your phone.
I am going to hashtag ''Mitt Romney for president'', and no i won't press the hashtag-pound key- on my phone, because it doesn't serve any purpose.
hashtag by Uncle Dimma October 11, 2014