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bashtags

bashtags is the plural of bashtag.

Meaning of bashtag

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

Questions about bashtags

What is bashtags the plural of?
Bashtags is the plural of bashtag.

Words near bashtags in the dictionary

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

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