> However, Googling "bardcore shakespeare" yields some six hundred hits, suggesting that the UD defs may have some validity

including probably, this thread....

people have used the phrase. will it last? that remains to be seen. the UD is nearly instant. people (and I would guess that the user/writer base is not that large) like to think they're first, and clever, so they pen their definition, and post it. voila! spwonky! I've invented a new word!

of course the UD defs have some validity. people wrote them. but most of them aren't going to be around, not even in the virtual tomorrow.

formerly known as etaoin...