# Just me or is everything ubiquitous?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-me-or-is-everything-ubiquitous/535878>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 12, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-me-or-is-everything-ubiquitous/535878 "2010-04-12T20:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-me-or-is-everything-ubiquitous/535878/1 "2010-04-12T20:04:20Z")

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I’ve been seeing the word everywhere lately–websites, blogs, etc. I don’t think I’ve been hearing it, mostly just reading it. But is it just that I’m noticing it more or are people actually using it?

I’m not complaining…just noticing. Anyone else?

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**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-me-or-is-everything-ubiquitous/535878/2 "2010-04-12T20:10:23Z")

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I’ve been seeing lots of green stuff. I’m seeing it on the ground, in the trees. What the heck’s going on here?

😉

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-me-or-is-everything-ubiquitous/535878/3 "2010-04-12T20:23:14Z")

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Ubiquity is everywhere.

One might even say it’s ubiquitous.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-me-or-is-everything-ubiquitous/535878/4 "2010-04-12T21:38:17Z")

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I haven’t noticed that word, but periodically I go through times where a particular word leaps out all over the place. It’s probably just that you’re noticing it for some reason.

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**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-me-or-is-everything-ubiquitous/535878/5 "2010-04-12T22:10:37Z")

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It’s not exactly the same thing as I assume you already knew the word  
ubiquitous, but I found this interesting:

[The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon](http://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon).

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-me-or-is-everything-ubiquitous/535878/6 "2010-04-12T22:26:36Z")

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**SurrenderDorothy** –that did come to mind. Well, not the word Bader-Meinhof because I didn’t remember it was called that, but the phenomenon where you learn about something and see it everywhere. I did know the word “ubiquitous” before and have for several years. Maybe it’s just something I saw and noticed for some reason and am now attuned to?