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Ah. See Learning English. English. Oh, so cute! Sweet and cute!

Cat videos on the computer, Lee.

Yes, yes, Rob. They are adorable. What makes people so

obsessed about these cat videos? Let me watch this one with you.

Oh I've seen this one it's everywhere look how many people

clicked on this site to see it about 100,000 by now. Yes, everybody loves Fluffy. Fluffy, yes, this cat is Fluffy and crazy.

Look, it's gone viral.

What do you mean?

Fluffy is my cat and she's very well behaved and healthy.

No virus in my cat. In English, the expression to go viral is used for a

picture or a video which has become extremely popular by being circulated quickly and broadly on the internet.

Ah, viral. You mean it spreads quickly like a virus?

Yes, it can be used with a verb to go viral or just as an adjective before a noun.

You can say viral video. Viral is today's expression in the English we speak. Let's hear

some examples of how it's used. A video of First Lady of Michelle Obama

dancing with a turnip has gone viral on the internet. Hundreds

of thousands of people have watched her video in support of healthy eating.

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