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[VirianLexicon]:[hook]

!!!Hook
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The part of a [meme-complex] that urges replication. The [hook] is often most effective when it is not an explicit statement, but a logical consequence of the [meme]'s content. (Hofstadter)
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See also: [bait], [threat].
