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OP (name redacted) Has anyone noticed that Twitter-style hashtags have replaced HTML-style coding as meta-commentary on the internet?
Person responding (also redacted) </era>

—Fail Blog

HTML is the markup language that powers the internet. Every web page uses it or technology that builds upon it. It also happens to be very simple to pick up: make an opening tag with <tag>, then close it by inserting a / in front of the tag name, like </tag>. On blogs and Internet discussion forums, some participants uses the SGML-style tags popularized by HTML, or sometimes even BB Code-style tags, to accentuate their messages by mimicking the style and syntax of semantic HTML, where tags communicate their purpose (e.g. <summary>, <nav> for navigation; <article> happens to be a real tag that can be found on the MDN Web Docs).

Common examples of Faux HTML Tags made up for this purpose include <sarcasm>...</sarcasm> and <rant>...</rant>. Sometimes these Faux HTML Tags can include attributes such as <flame tone="angry">...</flame>. Often only the closing tag will be present as a kind of self-conscious lampshade hung on the preceding flame/rant/what-have-you type of post. These can also be used in Image Macros and other humorous images, such as a man with "</head> <body>" tattooed on his neck or a tombstone with "</life>"; this gallery on icanhascheezburger.com provides many examples. </unsubscribe> is also occasionally used on Usenet to indicate that one is unsubscribing from a thread, though the semantically correct usage would be either </subscribe> (to indicate that the subscription is ending) or <unsubscribe /> (with an XML empty tag to indicate an unsubscription).

This used to be done with faux C preprocessor directives, e.g.:

#ifdef FLAME
flame flame flame
#endif

but that usage has largely been supplanted by more-approachable HTML.

Also known as Ostensible Markup Language^{[dead link]}, although it's not the only meaning of that phrase.

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Examples of Faux HTML Tags include:

Real Life

Adam Savage of Mythbusters frequently wears a T-shirt that states <mythbuster> "Am I missing an eyebrow?" </mythbuster>.
Anti-war candidate Darcy Burner wore a T-shirt with </WAR> on it in several photos.
As mentioned in the article, on many forum trends. There are simply too many of them to list and we'll be here all day.

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-{{quote|'''OP (name redacted)''' Has anyone noticed that [[Twitter]]-style hashtags have replaced HTML-style coding as meta-commentary on the internet?<br />
+{{quote|'''OP (name redacted)''' Has anyone noticed that [[Twitter]]-style hashtags have replaced HTML-style coding as meta-commentary on the internet?
-'''Person responding (also redacted)''' </era>|[[Fail Blog|Failbooking]]}}
+'''Person responding (also redacted)''' </era>
+|Fail Blog}}
-<article>
+[[Self-Demonstrating Article|<article>]]
-On blogs and Internet discussion forums, when participants use the SGML-style tags popularized by HTML (or sometimes [[BB Code]]-style tags) to accentuate their messages.
+[[HTML]] is the markup language that powers the internet. Every web page uses it or technology that builds upon it. It also happens to be very simple to pick up: make an opening tag with <tag>, then close it by inserting a / in front of the tag name, like </tag>. On blogs and Internet discussion forums, some participants uses the SGML-style tags popularized by HTML, or sometimes even [[BB Code]]-style tags, to accentuate their messages by mimicking the style and syntax of semantic HTML, where tags communicate their purpose (e.g. <summary>, <nav> for ''nav''igation; <article> happens to be a real tag that can be found on the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/article MDN Web Docs]).
+Common examples of '''Faux HTML Tags''' made up for this purpose include [[Sarcasm Mode|<sarcasm>...</sarcasm>]] and [[The Rant|<rant>...</rant>]]. Sometimes these '''Faux HTML Tags''' can include attributes such as <flame tone="angry">...</flame>. Often only the closing tag will be present as a kind of self-conscious [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade hung]] on the preceding flame/rant/what-have-you type of post. These can also be used in [[Image Macro]]s and other humorous images, such as a man with "</head> <body>" tattooed on his neck or a tombstone with "</life>"; [https://web.archive.org/web/20080408140049/http://icanhascheezburger.com/category/html/ this gallery] on icanhascheezburger.com provides many examples. </unsubscribe> is also occasionally used on Usenet to indicate that one is unsubscribing from a thread, though the [[Don't Explain the Joke|semantically correct usage]] would be either </subscribe> (to indicate that the subscription is ending) or <unsubscribe /> (with an XML empty tag to indicate an unsubscription).
-For example [[Sarcasm Mode|<sarcasm>...</sarcasm>]] and [[The Rant|<rant>...</rant>]].
-Sometimes these tags can include attributes such as <flame tone="angry">...</flame>.
-Oftentimes the opening tag will be omitted and only the closing tag will be there, as a kind of self-conscious [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade hung]] on the preceding flame/rant/etc.
-Can also be used in [[Image Macro|image macros]]; [http://icanhascheezburger.com/category/html/ here] are some examples. Note that not all edited photos are image macros: Some humorous pictures are seen on the 'Net, such as a man with "</head> <body>" tatooed on his neck or a tombstone with "</life>".
-Anti-war candidate Darcy Burner wore a T-shirt with </WAR> on it in several photos.
-[[Myth Busters|Adam Savage]] frequently wears a T-shirt that states <mythbuster> "Am I missing an eyebrow?" </mythbuster>.
-</unsubscribe> is occasionally used on Usenet to indicate that one is unsubscribing from a thread. However, the proper use should be either </subscribe> (to indicate that the subscription is ending) or <unsubscribe /> (XML empty tag to indicate an unsubscription). It probably means, though, that the person has just finished the process of unsubscribing. </JustifyingEdit>
 This used to be done with faux C preprocessor directives, e.g.:
-{{quote| #ifdef FLAME<br />
+{{quote|<nowiki>#</nowiki>ifdef FLAME
-[[Flame War|flame flame flame]]<br />
+[[Flame War|flame flame flame]]
-#endif }}
+<nowiki>#</nowiki>endif }}
 but that usage has largely been supplanted by more-approachable HTML.
+Also known as [http://www.langmaker.com/db/Ostensible_Markup_Language Ostensible Markup Language]{{Dead link}}, although it's not the only meaning of that phrase.
+[[Book Ends|</article>]]
+[[Running Gag|<examples>]]
-Also known as [http://www.langmaker.com/db/Ostensible_Markup_Language Ostensible Markup Language], although it's not the only meaning of that phrase.
+{{examples}}
+== Real Life ==
+* Adam Savage of [[Mythbusters]] frequently wears a T-shirt that states <mythbuster> "Am I missing an eyebrow?" </mythbuster>.
+* Anti-war candidate Darcy Burner wore a T-shirt with </WAR> on it in several photos.
+* As mentioned in the article, on many forum trends. There are simply too many of them to list and we'll be here all day.
+</examples>
-[[Chekhov's Boomerang|</]][[Self Demonstrating Article|art]][[Book Ends|icle>]]
 {{reflist}}
 [[Category:New Media Tropes]]
-[[Category:Self Demonstrating Article]]
 [[Category:Infauxmation Desk]]
-[[Category:Faux HTML Tags]]
+[[Category:Self-Demonstrating Article]]
-[[Category:Trope]]
+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]