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Do we need a new word for ‘viral?’

<p>Jeremy Wilson is a Telegraph journalist covering sports who previously contributed to the Daily Dot following its acquisition of the Kernel. He&#8217;s also written for the Sydney Morning Herald, HuffPost, Business Insider, Bleacher Report, and others.</p>


Jeremy Wilson

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I didn’t wash my jeans for 7 months—and it’s the Internet’s fault

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The endlessly amusing McDonald’s employee resource site is no more

<p>Lorraine Murphy is an Ottawa-based cybersecurity journalist and founding editor of the Cryptosphere. She has a keen interest in WikiLeaks and web culture, and her bylines have appeared in Salon, Vanity Fair, Serious Eats, and elsewhere.</p>


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Do we need a new word for ‘viral?’

I didn’t wash my jeans for 7 months—and it’s the Internet’s fault

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