🗓️ Idiom: Go Viral (v)
💬 Meaning
- To become very popular quickly on the internet.
- It means information, videos, or software spreading fast online.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The new app feature went viral and gained millions of users in days.
- That funny tech video went viral across social media platforms.
- When a software bug goes viral, it can affect many users fast.
🏛️ Origin
The phrase “go viral” uses the idea of a virus spreading quickly. In IT, it means something online spreads rapidly to many people. Usually this describes something becoming very popular vey fast on social media.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The marketing video for the software update __________ on social media last week.
Answer
went viral
2. Choose the correct meaning of “go viral”:
A) To disappear quickly
B) To spread quickly online
C) To be deleted
D) To be expensive
Answer
B) To spread quickly online
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“The app became very popular very fast.” → Change the sentence using: go viral
Answer
The app went viral.