viral

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to a biological virus.
• Caused by a virus.
• Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
• Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.
• Circulated rapidly and widely from one user to another.

Noun

• A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.

Related

Similar words

• virous

Origin

• virus + -al From the stem of virus and the suffix -al.