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hashflag

US/ˈhæʃˌflæɡ/

hashflag noun: a non-Unicode pictogram, similar to an emoji, automatically appended to a trending and often branded hashtag in a tweet.

Noun

hashflag (plural hashflags)

  1. (Internet) A non-Unicode pictogram, similar to an emoji, automatically appended to a trending and often branded hashtag in a tweet.
    • After posting a tweet about Wombat Strike Six, an upcoming videogame she was excited about, Monique noticed that the hashtag #wombatrevenge had an associated hashflag depicting a small, furious wombat.
    • Hashflags also don't last forever: Twitter turns them off, when the hashtag stops trending, I guess.2015 September 28, Alissa Walker, “Twitter's Hashflags Are an Abomination, and They Must Be Stopped”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2018

Forms of hashflag

pluralhashflags

Origin of hashflag

Blend of hashtag + flag, coined during the 2010 FIFA World Cup by Twitter when national flags were added to the end of three-character national abbreviation hashtags (e.g., #rsa or #jpn)

Questions about hashflag

What does hashflag mean?
Hashflag means a non-Unicode pictogram, similar to an emoji, automatically appended to a trending and often branded hashtag in a tweet.
What part of speech is hashflag?
Hashflag is a noun.
How do you pronounce hashflag?
Hashflag is pronounced /ˈhæʃˌflæɡ/ (US).
What is the plural of hashflag?
The plural of hashflag is hashflags.

Words near hashflag in the dictionary

  1. hashers
  2. hashes
  3. hashes out
  4. hashes over
  5. hashes up
  6. hashflag
  7. hashflags
  8. hashgacha
  9. hashgacha pratis
  10. hashhead
  11. hashheads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hashflag (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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