Words "viral" and "epic" consigned to college trash - Yahoo! News: "'Viral,' often used to describe the rapid spreading of videos or other content over the Internet, leads the list for 2011.
'This linguistic disease of a term must be quarantined,' Kuahmel Allah of Los Angeles said in making a nomination."
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Couldn't help but be amused by this comment on several fronts.
- The not so "real" American name. (important when you consider people voted on the winner.)
- Considering how offended our "proud and full of patriotism" Americans get when hearing language other than English spoken on the legal side of our border with Mexico. (curious! anyone ever heard of an illegal Mexican immigrants being deported because they thought Canada would be a fun place vacation that year? just curious. maybe one day will "GOOGLE" it.)
- Being a phenomena that can have tremendous influence on the directions/outcome of civil debates and even peoples lives. (not all are cute, funny, harmless! Needed a term in order to be discussed and dealt with appropriately.)
- The meaning of the word is never questioned or causing needless confusion!
- No one harmed or offended by the term. (e.g. "That's so GAY.)
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In the context of language used, appropriateness, solving any problems of the world........
this years winner was just an exercise in "too much time on their hands."
The behavior, psychology behind what does or does not go "VIRAL" is important! Being sick of hearing something going viral is no reason to ban the word itself.
Does no more good than voting ABORTION a crime.
If Allah, as well as those who voted his nomination the winner, wants a word more acceptable to them as a substitute for this phenomena;
good luck!
It's going to have to go VIRAL first!
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