I have a similar thing. Whenever I watch a movie or read a book, it will come on TV in a week or so. It's since moved to memes. I get them at convenient times.
Probably because you just didn't notice or register it's use prior to learning it.
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It's like when you move to a new place semi close to where you have been living, and all of a sudden it's like it's in the news more for whatever reason. It's more relevant to you so you actually notice when it comes up.
Baader-Meinhof Principle
The phenomenon where one happens upon some obscure piece of information—often an unfamiliar word or name—and soon afterwards encounters the same subject again, often repeatedly.
The phenomenon where one happens upon some obscure piece of information—often an unfamiliar word or name—and soon afterwards encounters the same subject again, often repeatedly.