octothorpe

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  • Yay octothorpe job offer!!! —  MetaChat
  • Loving the octothorpe; or, why Twitter's hashtags really do reflect reality —  Betanews
  • We Can Only Hope Loving the octothorpe; or, why Twitter's hashtags really do reflect reality —  Techmeme
  • Shmegegge, octothorpe, I was sarcastically quoting —  MetaFilter
 

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  1. Alteration (influenced by octo-) of earlier octalthorpe, the pound key, probably humorous blend of octal, an eight-point pin used in electronic connections (from the eight points of the symbol) and the name of James Edward Oglethorpe.
 

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