“Viral” didn’t really blow up until smartphones became commonplace, as well!
Quick edit: I’m wrong, that one started getting bigger in the 90s/2000s. I feel like I didn’t see it much until normal people stated being online more and news stories started reflecting that.






Oh how far we’ve come from people saying “oh no my Alexa and Google home aren’t listening unless I say the word, it’s a totally nother chip and they’re for sure not spying on me it’s impossible”