war with meme

8.5

An online fight using funny pictures or videos to mock and influence others

noun

Texting

: guerra de memes

During the election season, a fierce war with meme erupted on social media platforms.

Examples

The two fan groups engaged in a hilarious war with meme to support their favorite bands.
She became an unexpected leader in the ongoing war with meme between the two online communities.
The war with meme escalated quickly last week.
Have you seen the latest war with meme on Twitter?
During the election season, a fierce war with meme erupted on social media platforms.
She became an unexpected leader in the ongoing war with meme between the two online communities.
The two fan groups engaged in a hilarious war with meme to support their favorite bands.

Synonyms

war of words

vswar with meme

15 6.2

A long angry argument in public between opposing groups

uses visuals or image posts as main weapons instead of spoken or written attacks

online argument

vswar with meme

Texting

3.4

A disagreement on the internet, often in social media or forums

relies on shared images as main tools to argue or influence others

Surface Forms

war with meme singular

wars with meme plural

Morphology

war + with + meme

The meaning 'a conflict in which memes are used as tools' is directly derivable from combining 'war' (a conflict) with 'with' (indicating involvement or accompaniment) and 'meme' (online media). While the phrasing is modern/cultural, the composition is literal and follows common patterns (e.g. 'war with X' or 'X war'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can reasonably infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

War with meme comes from the image of a war where people throw memes like little weapons, imagining pictures and jokes taking the place of stones or bullets. So, it means 'an online fight where memes are used to argue, mock, or influence others'.