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Claim unsupported and contradicted by evidence

The wikipedia article states "The term was re-introduced in 1976 when an article about parenting included it[citation needed] and has remained a commercial and cultural watchword ever since." This is marked as needing citation.

But the suggestion that the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses" enjoyed a long lasting cultural resurgence in 1976 is contradicted by evidence. Google Ngram shows that the phrases popularity in print peaked in the 1950s and had falling usage from then until the 1990s. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=keeping+up+with+the+Joneses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minordeify (talk • contribs) 19:59, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

In popular culture

"'Keeping up with the Joneses' ... is descended from the spreading of the peacock's tail."

What does this mean? Valetude (talk) 00:31, 30 November 2020 (UTC)