But then the Romantics discovered you, and you went from being an underground word-of-mouth legend to a supernatural star of page, stage, screen and cereal box.
Neuromancers release was not greeted with fanfare, but it hit a cultural nerve, quickly becoming an underground word-of-mouth hit.
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Some Polish citizens tried to rescue or hide the remaining Jews, and members of the Polish underground got word to their government in exile in London as to what was happening.
The word underground was that Federal mine No. 2 would soon have to close.
If we're in agreement that the word "underground" has been co-opted by those who, on the surface, seem to be the antithesis of it, then we've got to reassess what it actually means, how it works, and where, when, and why we should use it.
I'm well aware that the words are not there by magic, and yet, there's a timeless quality to them that feels as if Yuknavitch has drilled into some underground fount of words that are at flow.
Today, after darkness fell and their work was done, the justices left the Supreme Court building individually from the underground garage, with no word to dozens of journalists from around the world who were waiting in the crowded pressroom for word as to when, or whether, a decision might come.
'Underground' was not the word I should have used because the underground is vast and full of incredibly legendary artists who are great at their craft and have been doing it for decades.
