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They Call Him Plaxico

By The Daily Dish

May 8 2009, 2:29 AM ET

Alexis Madrigal points to a study on baby name fads:

It turns out that a name’s sad tumble into obscurity is tightly correlated with the speed of its rise. And that principle what goes up quickly, must come down quickly could be applicable to a broader set of memes.


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