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In relation to something or someone that suddenly becomes overly popularised and gathers a huge following of people who don't know what they're talking about (usually due to the media). So named after Spider-Man's Uncle Ben. Nobody cared who he was while he walked home in the streets, but the second he gets shot a crowd of people who are unimportant to him suddenly gather thinking they are helping when they're actually just in the way.
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