Have you been sick this winter? If so, you may have had a "virus." A virus moves very, very quickly. It can go very fast from person to person -- or even from computer to computer. Have you ever heard of a computer "crashing"? If so, it may have caught a "virus" -- something bad another computer sent to it.
"Viral" is related to "virus." It means something moves very, very fast. Did you watch the American football game, the "Super Bowl"? The newspaper said that some commercials, or advertisements, from the Super Bowl "went viral" even before Sunday. That meant the ads traveled very quickly over the Internet (over computers). They probably were on "You-Tube". People saw the ads on computers even before the Super Bowl on TV. The commercials went "viral" or "became viral."
What is something you know that "went viral"? Would you like to share it with us? Please do! We can make it viral!
"Viral" is related to "virus." It means something moves very, very fast. Did you watch the American football game, the "Super Bowl"? The newspaper said that some commercials, or advertisements, from the Super Bowl "went viral" even before Sunday. That meant the ads traveled very quickly over the Internet (over computers). They probably were on "You-Tube". People saw the ads on computers even before the Super Bowl on TV. The commercials went "viral" or "became viral."
What is something you know that "went viral"? Would you like to share it with us? Please do! We can make it viral!
Nice job on these words that has crept into our language.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment, David! I appreciate the feedback. - Leigh
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