I posit that people are primed to use words and phrases they've seen recently. Especially terms that are known, yet uncommon, because they stand out so much. T

I posit that people are primed to use words and phrases they've seen recently. Especially terms that are known, yet uncommon, because they stand out so much. There could also be a frequency illusion happening to you, where once you make notice of something you start to see it show up in other places: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion Perhaps you'll notice more people using the word 'posit' after reading this.