How did the word ‘viral’ become viral?
How did the word ‘viral’ become viral? Where did the word viral actually come from? Why did it come about? How did this proverbial word shake society so much? The word viral originally comes from medicine, which refers to a disease or infection that spreads quickly. With the development of computer viruses and the Internet in the 1990s, the word viral came to mean the rapid spread of digital content. After the rise of social media and YouTube , the word viral became popular and is now widely used in Nepali language as well. When you start filming a video targeting someone, people start saying, ‘Oh, so and so is going to go viral.’ There is a common psychology that after filming a video and posting it on social media, it will or should go ‘viral.’ In fact, some have gone viral by shouting, some without saying anything, some by jumping, some by crying. Whether by saying good things or by criticizing someone harshly, people have gone viral. What does it mean to go viral? There is no...