Trivia: What is the term for the pound or hashtag symbol?
Ratoon
Williwaw
Octothorpe
Whiffler
The correct answer is Octothorpe
So why is this answer correct? : You may call it a hashtag, or you may call it a pound sign, but the proper term for the # symbol is “octothorpe.” Though the symbol itself possibly dates back to 14th-century Latin, the word didn’t come into usage until the 1960s. The origin is unclear, but some stories link the word to telephone workers who used “octo” to refer to the symbol’s eight points.