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Cancer is internet slang used to describe the misuse of internet-originating content by a non-typical, usually a mainstream audience. The term is references how internet content typically starts with a smaller spread, but eventually grows to the peak of its popularity until it is embraced by a wider audience, some of whom misuse it and it is deemed in poor taste to use again. in similarity to the growth cycle of cancer in a biological system and its detrimental effect after growth.
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