The hashtag, or '#', is a regular feature on Twitter and is making its way into the daily conversations of people who actually say things like "hashtag: awkward" out loud. No wonder then that it is ...

And you thought that Notre Dame/Alabama match-up was heated. Wait until you hear how things went down in Boston last weekend when members of the American Dialect Society—linguists, lexicographers, ...

Every year, the American Dialect Society nominates and then votes on a word of the year, and for 2012 it’s “hashtag.” It beat out other nominated words like “YOLO,” “Fiscal cliff,” and “Gangnam style.

The one-minute video gives viewers a whirlwind tour of the Yakima Valley: quick images of visitors and residents enjoying hiking, wine tasting and concerts. The Yakima Valley Tourism video ends with ...

We are currently in the era of the consumer. Especially for millennials, the up-and-comers of the consumer market, there is higher value in fast, easy connections and information. Millennials care ...

Do you use Hashtags on social media? If not, it is time to incorporate in your strategy! Hashtags have become omnipresent in social media and consumers are only using them more (I must mention some of ...

Well, I didn’t manage to get an emoticon of the year vote added to the American Dialect Society’s annual Word of the Year award (there’s always next year!), but we did end up with a new category ...

PARIS – The French government is redefining hashtag with a Gallic touch. The country that has an academy devoted solely to the use of the French language has given its official seal of approval to a ...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, a hashtag made the rounds on Twitter asking users to answer, "What is love in four words?" The hashtag—in a few versions (#WhatIsLoveIn4Words and ...

Not long after Oxford American Dictionary called “gif” its word of the year, the American Dialect Society has voted “Hashtag” (“#”) as the word of the year for 2012. And, although it may prompt many ...