LOL. I didn't want to say 'hash' because seemed prone to misinterpretation. 'She' from 'shebang'? Nah, worse! (time passes ...) Ooh! "Octothorn" -- I like that! 

William Sherk in 500 Years of New Words (1983), p. 272, has the follow
+ing entry: 
"Octothorn, The number sign (#); so called because there are eight poi
+nts, or thorns, sticking out of it ..."

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