hashflag
A non-Unicode pictogram, similar to an emoji, automatically appended to a trending and often branded hashtag in a tweet.
Noun
- 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,...
- While some hashtags are so specific as to render unlikely the chance that a hashflag will appear out of context (e.g., #turkishairlinesopen2017), there are numerous examples of hashflags being attached to hashtags with...
Origin
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)