Viral

Quick meaning: Viral is an adjective meaning (virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.

Meaning

(virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.

More Meanings

1. (virology) Caused by a virus.
2. (computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
3. (advertising and marketing) Spread by word of mouth with minimal intervention, in order to create buzz and interest.
4. (social media) Circulated rapidly and widely from one user to another.
5. (marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.

Example Sentences

viral infection

“Efficient way to disseminate information? I don't think.” “But it is,” Cayce insists. “The model's viral. ‘Deep niche.’ The venues would be carefully selected—”

2003, Dave Chaffey, Total E-Mail Marketing, Elsevier, page 2, [M]ost virals are not seen as profiling and data collection exercises, since that would kill the impulse of forwarding to a friend.

The end game of that is the GoFundMe link posted beneath a viral tweet so they can pay for their health care. Being an influencer sounds fun until it’s ‘keep producing viral content to literally stay alive.’

Word Forms

• virals

Related Words

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