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bashtag

bashtag noun: a hashtag used to criticize something, especially one that was intended for promotional use but repurposed by users to criticize that which it was intended to promote, or make the opposite point.

Noun

bashtag (plural bashtags)

  1. (Internet) A hashtag used to criticize something, especially one that was intended for promotional use but repurposed by users to criticize that which it was intended to promote, or make the opposite point.
    • The threat of a viral video or Twitter “bashtag” takedown has raised the cost of direct manipulation and greenwash.2012, Dana O'Rourke, Shopping for Good, The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 22
    • The hashtag became a bashtag and Twitter users were instead using it to share their negative experiences of McDonalds,^([sic]) letting others know about the poor service and bad food they had experienced.2013, Robert Ashton, Jessica Juby, Writing for the Web: Teach Yourself, McGraw-Hill, unnumbered page

bashtag meaning in Tamil

bashtag in Tamil

இகழ்ந்தாய்வு, இழிந்தாய்வு

Forms of bashtag

pluralbashtags

Origin of bashtag

Blend of bash (“disparage, criticize”) + hashtag.

Questions about bashtag

What does bashtag mean?
Bashtag means a hashtag used to criticize something, especially one that was intended for promotional use but repurposed by users to criticize that which it was intended to promote, or make the opposite point.
What is bashtag in Tamil?
Bashtag in Tamil is இகழ்ந்தாய்வு, இழிந்தாய்வு. See Bashtag meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bashtag?
Bashtag is a noun.
What is the plural of bashtag?
The plural of bashtag is bashtags.

Words near bashtag in the dictionary

  1. Bashores
  2. Bashors
  3. bashos
  4. bashow
  5. bashows
  6. bashtag
  7. bashtags
  8. Bashtanka
  9. bashy
  10. basi-
  11. basial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bashtag (page history and authors); bashtag (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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