English
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)
The story
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)
Today it means
noun A non-Unicode pictogram, similar to an emoji, automatically appended to a trending and often branded hashtag in a tweet.
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Etymograph / hashflag