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Why Is It Called a Pound Sign? Dinosaur Meme

A meme featuring a green, stylized dinosaur head (resembling a T-Rex) with a neutral expression, set against a solid green background. The meme includes bold, white uppercase text at the top and bottom: 'WHY IS IT CALLED A POUND SIGN' and 'WHEN IT REPRESENTS NEITHER WEIGHT NOR BRITISH CURRENCY'. The bottom-left corner has a small 'imgflip.com' watermark, indicating the meme creation platform.
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WHY IS IT CALLED A POUND SIGN WHEN IT REPRESENTS NEITHER WEIGHT NOR BRITISH CURRENCY

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A meme featuring a green, stylized dinosaur head (resembling a T-Rex) with a neutral expression, set against a solid green background. The meme includes bold, white uppercase text at the top and bottom: 'WHY IS IT CALLED A POUND SIGN' and 'WHEN IT REPRESENTS NEITHER WEIGHT NOR BRITISH CURRENCY'. The bottom-left corner has a small 'imgflip.com' watermark, indicating the meme creation platform.

Origin notes

The meme is a user-created image made using the Imgflip meme generator (as indicated by the watermark). It combines a generic dinosaur illustration with text posing a rhetorical question about the terminology of the 'pound sign' (#), highlighting the disconnect between its name and common associations with weight (pounds) or British currency (GBP). The source platform is Reddit, as specified in the additional information.

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