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Use of the word went viral in schools and on social media this year.

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But the viral claim that it’s 17-times larger than the dot-com crash is misleading.

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But today there are more frequent surges in e-commerce package volume, some of them planned—such as Amazon’s Prime Day events—and some unplanned, such as when a skin-care product goes viral on TikTok.

He went viral on social media last month over a video showing him drinking water out of a toilet bowl, joking that it helped his muscle recovery after games.

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Then three years ago the uppercut video went viral and his hundreds of followers soon became tens of thousands.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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