Ten years ago, the first hashtag came to be, courtesy of Twitter. Did anyone ever expect it would become such a ubiquitous part of our daily conversations or that we would be making the hashtag symbol ...

Being able to check the meaning of a trending hashtag before jumping in with a response could help save existing users' blushes and make navigating the network much easier for new members. Contextual ...

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South Korean tourist Heemok Ann takes his own picture in front of the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington after the U.S. government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2013. Reuters/Larry Downing “Hashtag ...

They are words that all of us have been using for some time now, but now they have been officially recognised as a part of the language. CNET reports that hashtag, selfie and tweep are just three of ...

The list of new words added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary was heavily influenced by social media and technology, as additions include hashtag, selfie, tweep, and even catfish. The list of ...

If you thought it was tough reading through a Shakespeare play back in high school, imagine if he was alive today and you had to explain the terms currently in use, such as "selfie" and "hashtag." The ...

America's best-selling dictionary Merriam-Webster has updated itself to the modern slang by adding over 150 new words, including 'selfie', 'hashtag' and 'tweep'. "So many of these new words show the ...

Social networks Facebook and Twitter are changing the way we speak, if some of the latest additions to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate dictionary – ‘selfie’, ‘hashtag’ and ‘tweep’ – are anything to go ...