It’s gone by many names, (the pound sign, the number sign, the octothorpe and the hashtag symbol) ... This is the word, symbol, utterance, etcetera, that's used to refer to the signified.

The # sign has become something of a cultural phenomenon. The origin of the first # (pound) sign isn't entirely clear, but linguists think it came about because it was easier to write than L-B.

And why 'oz' is shorthand for 'ounce.' ...

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The Detroit Lions did some early recruitment after a video of a 31-pound baby went viral on TikTok. Mom and user Madison Peltzer posted clips of her baby, with the video gaining over 10 million ...