This week around 7800 issues came in…
The newly emerging terms cover a wide variety of events and people this week, while half of the "Biggest increase in usage" terms relate to the Jan 6th Congressional hearings.
(Click on any of the terms to learn more about them and read newsletter issues they're in)
Newly Emerging Terms
- Giuliani... as in Rudy Giuliani, mainly being discussed in relationship to the January 6th Congressional hearings and his counseling of President Trump around the election results
- Juneteenth... also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, and designated a federal holiday in 2021. On June 19, 1865 orders were issued in Texas for the emancipation of enslaved people-- it was the last Confederate state to end slavery.
- Celsius... another crypto bank in trouble; they suspended withdrawals last week
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Britney Spears... lots of chatter about her recent wedding, who was in attendance, who wasn't, etc
- withdrawals... related to Celsius' freeze on withdrawals
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Beard... as in the James Beard Awards, one of the most prestigious culinary awards, which announced winners on June 11 after a two year hiatus
Biggest Increase in Usage from Previous Week
- Barr (>400%)... as in former Attorney General Bill Barr, related to hist testimony at the Congressional hearings
- hike (>375%)... the Fed raised interest rates .75%, the biggest hike in 28 years
- coup (>275%)... used in relation to the Jan 6th Congressional hearings and Donald Trump
- Rudy (>250%)... as in Rudy Giuliani, see above
- Powell (>175%)... as in the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, who, in May, had ruled out a .75% rate increase
- Ivanka (>175%)... as in Ivanka Trump, in relation to the Jan 6th hearings and her testimony
- Garland (>150%)... as in U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland
- Patriot (>150%)... several uses, but mainly driven by the Patriot Front, a white nationalist group, 31 members of which were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to riot in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Most Used Terms
Note that these "Most Used" terms tend to be used very broadly, in lots of contexts... vs. the other "Emerging" and "Biggest Usage Increase" terms which are, as you can tell, quite narrow and likely more meaningful/interesting.
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