Unofficial but Emotionally Accurate: 1. **Recognised without Explanation** If someone says, “It’s like Wordle but for tax codes,” and the other person nods *knowingly*, it’s Widely-Used. 2. **Misused Regularly** In many Earth languages, once a term is incorrectly applied in three or more YouTube tutorials, it qualifies. 3. **Makes it into a Meme Format** The presence of something in a meme caption (especially in bold Impact font), grants it instant and irrevocable status. 4. **Subject to at Least One Thinkpiece** Once a writer uses the phrase *“what this trend says about late capitalism”*, you're looking at a Widely-Used phenomenon.
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