"That's the power of words." This is so interesting, both the subject, and the furore around it.
"Overall, Koide noticed a trend: The words seemed to spread visually — not orally, as you might expect of, say, regional slang. Instead of “I haven’t heard that word,” students would often say “I haven’t seen that word,” Koide explains. Further, they might say, “I haven’t seen it because I don’t use TikTok,” indicating that the lexicon seems to live primarily within social media platforms and not in real-life interactions between otaku friends."
How a dictionary came to spark outrage among the web’s otaku - The Japan Times