meme
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- noun
- /miːm/
- Specialized
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meme
- After the event, the phrase became a meme that everyone started using in their conversations.
- cultural memes
- the spread of memes
- meme as a unit
If true, this can turn into a substantial meme in hockey culture.
- If true, this can turn into a substantial meme in hockey culture.
- The sharing of these memes is propelled by emotions.
- And these ideas, these memes, can breed.
- I think turning it into an international meme is just a little bit mean.
- You might say meme soup of heavy metal, right?
Examples
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And show me the money became a cultural meme for years.
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Here, we see a common meme in the sample's community spaces, particularly under news stories.
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So this is kind of an interesting meme for it as well.
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The final meme for the meme round is coming through right now.
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You know this, this next one, this was the meme that made my page.
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The GOP already has this "war on women" meme that they cannot get rid of.
Blog text (1) -
The idea was that people caught memes like viruses and spread them to others.
Fiction book (2001) -
If true, this can turn into a substantial meme in hockey culture.
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The sharing of these memes is propelled by emotions.
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Nate Silver of 538 dismantles this nutty meme about polling bias with surgical expertise.
Blog text (3)
Compounds
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A set of online habits and ideas about making and sharing funny images or videos
- Slang
A belief that funny pictures or videos shared online that spread quickly can change what people think and do
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A picture on the internet that shows a simple grinning face for teasing online
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An online fight using funny pictures or videos to mock and influence others
How Widespread
Surface Forms
Etymology
Meme comes from the Greek word mimema, which means 'something imitated', and the term was made short to echo gene. So a meme is an idea or behavior that people copy and pass on through a culture.