Fun with Google NGram Viewer, Which Views N-Grams

[beamjockey]

I am fascinated by Google NGram Viewer, by the Science paper that accompanied its announcement, and by the 88-page supplemental material that accompanied the paper.

best practice, best practices
big picture
bionic, cyborg
bottom line
brainstorm, brainstorming
critical thinking
cybernetics, cybernetic, cyberspace
deliverables, deliverable
mission statement
network, networking
rocket science, not rocket science, not exactly rocket science
run it up the flagpole
synergy, synergistic, synergism
23 skidoo
year 2000

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[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Apparently William James was fond of the word, and lots of people cite him.