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#MyAgeInAPhrase is a hashtag game in which Twitter user write famous and/or descriptive expressions that allude to their age.

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On July 13th, 2017, Twitter user @SheaBrowning[1] posted a four-panel image of the Smurfs, an MTV logo, Dukes of Hazard character Daisy Duke and a "Just Say No to Drugs" logo. The user captioned the post "I'm "Saturday morning cartoons, music videos on MTV, Daisy Duke poster on the bedroom wall, Just Say No to Drugs" years old. #MyAgeInAPhrase." This post (shown below) received more than 140 retweets and 700 likes.

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@SheaBrowning is the host of @EsquireTags weekly hashtag games. The account releases a hashtag and others submit variations on the tag.[2] @EsquireTags tweeted the game in a tweet (shown below, left), whcih read "Let’s play: #MyAgeInAPhrase [I’m __ years old – but no numbers!] With @EsquireTags & @SheaBrowning."

@HashTag roundup, a hashtag game app, tweeted about the game as well (shown below, right).[3]



Shortly after, other Twitter users began tweeting in responses (examples below). Twitter published a Moments[4] page to collect some of the most popular tweets.

Several media outlets wrote about the popularity of the game, including BuzzFeed,[5] Uproxx,[6]

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