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Community => Break Room => Topic started by: JaxScriblerians on June 04, 2013, 10:43:15 AM

Title: Jax Beach brawl video 'viral'?
Post by: JaxScriblerians on June 04, 2013, 10:43:15 AM
I am writing to alert you to the changing meaning of the word viral.  This morning a WJCT-FM news reporter stated that the video of the Memorial Day brawl at Jax beach had “gone viral.”  This use of the term raises a question.  What does “viral” mean?  As of 9 am today, three videos have been uploaded to YouTube, all consisting of the same brawl footage.  One has had 12,879 views, another 3,857, and the third 2,739.  Because I majored in English, I am not capable of doing the math.  However, I do know something about words. . . .

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