Hashtag named UK children's word of the year #important
by Mark Brown from Technology | The Guardian on (#9WW6)
Oxford University Press analysis reveals under-13s use the Twitter search term as a device for adding comment and emphasis in stories
#interesting? #greatnews? #aaaaaaaargh? Regardless of your opinion, there is no getting away from the ubiquity of hashtag - today named children's word of the year.
An annual analysis of Radio 2's 500 Words short story competition reveals the huge increase in the creative use of the word among the under-13s, with hashtag moving from being a Twitter search term to a device for adding comment and emphasis in stories.
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