The origin of #goacc goes back to the start of the hashtag movement on Twitter, but it is hard to pinpoint how it took off as the preferred method of snark on social media.

We know why it grew in popularity. When Martin Rickman first conceived it circa 2012, the ACC was not quite at the top of its game. In fact, it was a conference that sabotaged itself on a weekly basis with either bad calls, unexpected upsets or mind-numbing decisions -- or some weird combination of the three -- that ratcheted up the "derp" levels. Rickman says he came up with it as a way to show the ACC as a "lovable but flawed family" after Notre Dame joined as a member in all sports but football and speculation swirled about Florida State and the Big 12.

"It was never a, 'Oh look, the ACC screwed up again,'" he said. "It was always members of the ACC are human and there is beauty in mistakes."

A movement was born and suddenly the hashtag appeared more frequently, and those who used it put their own spin on what it meant to be #goacc. Being irrelevant nationally in October? #goacc. Officials suspended for mismanaging a game? #goacc. Losing to an FCS opponent? #goacc. It became easier to type than "Welp!" or "D'oh!" (And quite frankly, more fun.)

We could go on, but Twitter has taken care of that for us.

Then something odd happened. ACC teams started winning games and competing for championships. The #goacc hashtag began a transformation and started to take on a double meaning. Now, the hashtag is often used to say what it literally means: Go, ACC!

College Football Playoff participants the past two years? #goacc

Two teams in contention for a playoff spot this season? #goacc

Six teams ranked in the AP Top 25? #goacc

To be sure, when there are moments of embarrassment and mediocrity, #goacc still applies. But there are fewer UGH moments, and more WOW moments. Context is key to understanding #goacc! Take the game Saturday night between Louisville and Clemson. Anybody who watched them play came away with two observations.

1) Both teams are among the best in the country, and they happen to play in the same division. Louisville came up short, but that is a team not to be trifled with moving forward. As such, the Cards moved down only four spots to No. 7 in the latest AP Top 25. They remain playoff candidates, even though they no longer control their own destiny.

2) Lamar Jackson and Deshaun Watson are two of the best quarterbacks in the league and should continue to garner discussion as Heisman Trophy candidates. Their performances became an "anything you can do, I can do better," show in the fourth quarter with the game on the line. The two accounted for over 850 yards of offense and eight touchdowns. Yeah, pretty good.

It was the best college football game of the young season. #goacc

That takes us back to one key point from above. Before the season began, many wondered whether the ACC would be the first conference to get two teams into the playoff. Some of us (cough, cough me) got the teams wrong. Rather than debate whether Florida State and Clemson can make it, the debate now centers on Louisville and Clemson.

If the Tigers win out, they are basically a lock to make the playoff. But if Louisville wins out, there are no guarantees. Its hopes ride on what happens to other conference champions. To become the first ever at-large team into the playoff, Louisville would more than likely need at least two Power 5 conference champions to sit at home.

Given the way the Big 12 has played, let’s just say that conference fails to get a team in. So which conference gets left out? The SEC? Big Ten? Pac-12? As for its chances in the ACC, Louisville needs to win out and have Clemson to lose twice to get in the conference championship game. If that doesn’t happen, Louisville needs Clemson to lose in the ACC title game, and the ACC champion to have two or more losses to perhaps stake a claim as the ACC representative.

There are plenty of fanciful debates and arguments to be made from now until December, provided Louisville and Clemson keep winning. Scratch that. There are plenty of #goacc arguments to be made ... and depending on what happens, either definition fits.