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

Sample Comments

ars Dec 19, 2014 View on HN

I guess that why it's called that? :)

csours May 16, 2016 View on HN

That sounds like the term I was looking for, thanks!

bo1024 Dec 4, 2023 View on HN

Yes, that term captures what I'm talking about.

15457345234 Nov 22, 2023 View on HN

Yeah there's a word for that type of thing

JCM9 Oct 19, 2021 View on HN

Yes… didn’t know what the technical term was but that’s it

pius Dec 17, 2007 View on HN

What are you talking about? That's what it's called. :)

dylan604 Dec 30, 2022 View on HN

thanks. i guess it's just another of those buzzword bingo terms.

lordnacho Jul 18, 2024 View on HN

I'm asking what it's called

boringg May 29, 2024 View on HN

Always suspected this - didn't know there was an actual term for it. Thanks!

insulanian May 16, 2020 View on HN

Yes, apparently that's how they're called :)