Terminology Discovery
Commenters seek, confirm, or provide specific technical terms or names for described phenomena, behaviors, or concepts in HN threads.
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wikipedia.org TIL term called phenomenon emergent buzzword ve heard referred behavior thanks didn know
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I guess that why it's called that? :)
That sounds like the term I was looking for, thanks!
Yes, that term captures what I'm talking about.
Yeah there's a word for that type of thing
Yes… didn’t know what the technical term was but that’s it
What are you talking about? That's what it's called. :)
thanks. i guess it's just another of those buzzword bingo terms.
I'm asking what it's called
Always suspected this - didn't know there was an actual term for it. Thanks!
Yes, apparently that's how they're called :)