Up until now, the only time I’ve actually used a hashtag was to make fun of hashtags, and I've found us as a society rushing to insert a portmanteau (mashups like tween, pornado and Brangelina) into every possible nook and cranny of the vocabosphere.
But Steelers Nation is family to me, and when events hit close to home, people embrace the hashtag-mashup (#hashup anyone?) as a coping mechanism. So, when I saw Ryan Shazier's initial “thank you” on social media concluding with #Shalieve, I immediately joined the portmanteau posse.
But what does #Shalieve really mean?