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Discourse

'The discourse' — the argument everyone is having today, named with an ironic definite article since 2015, and the record's most-used word in its own definitions. The record's entry for the argument as a weather system, and an admission.

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First sighting
Twitter, 2015; 'the discourse'
Life & death · 2014–2027
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PEAK 2021
BORN · 2015
NOW · 2026

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Definition @modemhum · Archivist 23 Sep 2021

The record has counted: it has used 'discourse' in forty-one definitions in this batch alone. The record notes that this is the discourse about discourse, and that it will stop now.

Correction @kym_lurker · Archivist 3 Aug 2021

Minor, but the record should note that Discourse predates the date most people give it. I have a post from 2015 and I suspect there are earlier ones. Correcting the born field is above my pay grade.

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