Merriam-Webster:We're seeing a 1500% spike on 'cave' this evening.

[Demovictory9]

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[malaise]

1. Howling with laughter

[SomethingNew]

2. A 1500% spike in people looking up the definition of "cave"?

I sure hope that means it's gone from 1 to 15 and that there aren't thousands of people out there who don't know what cave means . . . .

[Demovictory9]

4. i know millenials who dont understand certain colloquial words and phrases

[Awsi Dooger]

3. I had a thread locked today on a sports site for using the word

I said wherever there's a cave, fear is nearby. The right wingers hated that so they went nuts and the administrator locked the thread.

[peggysue2]

5. People need to look up . . .

the word 'cave?' Jeeze. But then there was a spike in 'scot-free' a few weeks go.

Which makes me wonder how many Americans have ever taken an English class. Or spent time reading beyond their iPhone.

Sad.