‘’Hashtag’ Declared 2012’s Word of the Year’ – ‘Mashable’

Seth Fiegerman says, “The American Dialect Society has named “hashtag” as the word of the year, beating out “Gangnam Style,” “YOLO” and “fiscal cliff,” among others. Or, to put it another way: #winning.Each year, the group nominates a series of words and phrases, and then votes to decide the word of the year. It also determines the top word in other categories, including: most useful, outrageous, unnecessary and creative. “Hashtag” is hardly a new word, but the judges concluded that it really came to prominence in 2012”.