Used in a sentence: "Nothing makes me happier than learning a new word, and little makes me happier than uniquely hashtagging on the Facebook, usually in triplicate to satisfy the mild case of OCD I'm cultivating to make my mid-life experience more interesting ... and so I am now approaching my happiest state possible to understand that I'm actually Octothorping in Triplicate."
Depending on your age bracket, you might have thought that # was a number sign ... or a pound key ... or a hash tag ... and, you know, colloquially, it still is free to be that as you casually converse with your counterparts.
But let it be known, I am determined (in the same way I'm determined to work in "whilst" and "fortnight" into my conversations), to look for opportunities to wiggle in an "octothorpe" in my interactions whenever I can. First up, a certain system that is in use at my work ... where one must hit the octothorpe sign after entering an access code. Work colleagues of mine, I'll start updating the SOP/IOP/KOG/MACRO/ETC in the morning!
AND IT HAS COMPETING ORIGIN STORIES TOO!:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oct1.htm
I'VE RANTED ABOUT HASHTAGGING BEFORE:
http://capcognition.blogspot.com/2013/09/random-soapbox-for-saturday-91413.html
ACTUALLY, MORE THAN ONCE:
http://capcognition.blogspot.com/2013/06/random-soapbox-for-saturday-61513.html
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