Is there as more positive sounding word to use in place of 'viral' or 'contagious', in regard to an idea or campaign?
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00:00 Is There As More Positive Sounding Word To Use In Place Of 'Viral' Or 'Contagious',
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00:52 Answer 2 Score 8
01:42 Answer 3 Score 17
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verb
[NO OBJECT] Increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance:"the campaign was snowballing"
ODO
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1.1 Develop rapidly and successfully:
ODO
ANSWER 3
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verb
[NO OBJECT] (often as adjective burgeoning)
1 Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish:ODO
The etymology of burgeon suggest new life:
early 14c., "grow, sprout, blossom,"
from Anglo-French burjuner, Old French borjoner "to bud, sprout,"
from borjon "a bud, shoot, pimple" (Modern French bourgeon), of uncertain origin.
Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *burrionem (nominative *burrio),
from Late Latin burra "flock of wool," itself of uncertain origin.
Some sources (Kitchin, Gamillscheg) say either the French word or the Vulgar Latin one is from Germanic.
The English verb is perhaps instead a native development from burjoin (n.) "a bud" (c.1300), from Old French.
Our campaign is burgeoning!
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(Not much better than viral, but it means essentially the same thing.)