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Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message

  • Written by Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato
Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a messageShutterstock/Yurii Zymovin

Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines.

Anything with the intent of attracting a wide audience usually comes with a memorable hashtag — #MeToo, #FreeHongKong, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19 and #SupremeCourt are just some examples.

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