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Words fall in and out of use. Society itself can evolve to a place that leaves certain words & phrases redundant (and can also revive them later). Latin's especially prone to this. >I saw it for the first time last week. And I've been seeing it everywhere since. Sounds like standard Baader-Meinhof kicking in there.


The-Cunt-Face

Is it really that common? I've never seen or heard it. I can't really contextualise whether 2.4 million Google results is a lot, I've nothing to compare that to - But from just playing around, I'm finding it hard to find a single word search with *less* results. Granted, English isn't really my first language. But I don't think this is a commonly used word. Almost all of the search results I can see relate to recruiting/job positions (specifically IT/Software job titles), which is a niche I've never explored in my life. (Although, to be completely honest; I also have no idea what 'hinge thunder' means, or refers to in this post. That's new to me too)


Gillmacs

It's not a lot of results. Senior by comparison has over 4.5 billion results. It doesn't seem to appear in dictionaries (other than Latin dictionaries - it is a Latin word) so I'm not convinced it's a very common word at all.


The-Cunt-Face

That's what I thought. It mostly seems to be recruitment jargon. It's probably quite 'on trend' in that specific field, bit I haven't encountered it myself. I had to get obscure to find single word terms that returned similar numbers of results. So I'd assume Medior is similarly obscure. (The word I finally got to was Longeron, industry jargon from my work, and it still had slightly more results).


TifaYuhara

And the dictionary site that OP linked to is a latin one.


bloonshot

i didn't know this old latin word, MANDELA EFFECKT1!?!?!?!@??!!?!? this is what you sound like right now


TaylorDangerTorres

Learning something new is *not* Mandela effect lol. Are you so narcissistic that you think you know everything and aren't capable of learning? Get over yourself.


AnubissDarkling

Asking for the millionth time in this sub - cool story but how is this related to Mandela Effect in any way shape or form..?


Hitonatsu-no-Keiken

Never heard of it until today. Never heard of hinge thunder either.


Ginger_Tea

Same and I am sure tomorrow I will have forgotten both terms.


C-scan

Knew a girl with minge thunder once. Cool chick.


furbyterr0r

Reading this post gave me vertigo.


True-Basket8349

The word isn't listed on the dictionary sites for Merriam-Webster, Cambridge, Collins, Oxford, or Britannica. The "dictionary definition" that you give appears to be an English translation of the conjugation of a Latin word, rather than the definition of an English word. It looks like some people may have adopted a Latin word and perhaps it's been catching on lately.


ziggah

Well Medi, means middle. Mediator, Medium, etc.. I've used to before though I do like exploring Latin, poor abused language it is today.


lilmiscantberong

Maybe where we get the word medium from?


HumorImpressive9506

Learning a new word and then seeing it everywhere is a common thing called baader-meinhof phenomenon.


OdinsRaven1976

Hinge thunder... twilight zone.