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funny meme

funny meme

3.6
A picture or short video with a joke that people share online
  • noun
  • /ˈfʌni miːm/
  • Texting
translation icon : meme divertido
  • I shared a funny meme about cats that made everyone laugh at the party.

Well, you've all seen these funny memes.

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Examples

  • I saw this crazy, it was funny but darkly funny meme on Instagram.

  • We move on to two other very funny memes that were created.

  • We send each other funny memes, blades to my scalp.

  • It was funny but darkly funny meme on Instagram.

  • So Vin Diesel seems like a pretty wacky guy, but it doesn't stop at Internet videos or funny memes or live streams.

  • The funny meme featuring a baby reacting to broccoli went viral on social media.

  • She sent me a funny meme that perfectly captured how I felt about Mondays.

Synonyms

meme
vsfunny meme
  • Texting
33 3.4

An image, video, or text shared online and changed by many people to be funny

focuses on making people laugh rather than being merely satirical
dank meme
vsfunny meme
  • Slang
9.3

An online image or short video many people find funny and strange

is typically made simply to make people laugh for a broad audience
trollface meme
vsfunny meme
  • Texting
8.8

A picture on the internet that shows a simple grinning face for teasing online

is general humorous content spread online rather than one iconic image with a fixed role

Antonyms

53 2.7

A calm and honest way of speaking or acting that shows you mean what you say

How Funny

dank meme
  • Slang
9.3
funny meme
  • Texting
3.6
meme
  • Texting
33 3.4

Surface Forms

funny meme singular
funny memes plural

Morphology

funny + meme

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'funny' (humorous) modifying 'meme' (digital media circulated online), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a humorous piece of online media. This adjective + noun construction is a standard, cross-linguistic pattern and therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The noun funny meme comes from the word meme, a short idea people copy and pass on, like a joke you repeat. On the internet, these are pictures or short videos people change and share quickly to make others laugh, so funny meme means 'a humorous item shared online'.