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Merriam-Webster:We're seeing a 1500% spike on 'cave' this evening. (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Jan 2019
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malaise
(267,823 posts)1. Howling with laughter
SomethingNew
(279 posts)2. A 1500% spike in people looking up the definition of "cave"?
I sure hope that means it's gone from 1 to 15 and that there aren't thousands of people out there who don't know what cave means . . . .
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)4. i know millenials who dont understand certain colloquial words and phrases
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)3. I had a thread locked today on a sports site for using the word
I said wherever there's a cave, fear is nearby. The right wingers hated that so they went nuts and the administrator locked the thread.
peggysue2
(10,811 posts)5. People need to look up . . .
the word 'cave?' Jeeze. But then there was a spike in 'scot-free' a few weeks go.
Which makes me wonder how many Americans have ever taken an English class. Or spent time reading beyond their iPhone.
Sad.