[mixmastamyk]

That is the third time this week here I've seen the word "provenance."

I had never encountered it before. Why is everyone now using it constantly on this site?

[amdavidson]

Perhaps the frequency illusion bias?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequ...

[mixmastamyk]

I know that's a thing, but am here for years and never encountered it. When I don't know a word I look it up so can't say I've never seen it even if I don't remember its meaning.

[Domenic_S]

It's just the bias at work. That word's been used around here plenty ;)

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=provenance&sort=byDate&prefix&...

[pjmorris]

I first came upon 'provenance' in "Programming Pearls', Jon Bentley, 1986. The word has been traveling around hacker circles for some time.