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meme

[ meem ]

noun

    1. a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition and replication in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes.
    2. a cultural item in the form of an image, video, phrase, etc., that is spread via the internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way.


verb (used without object)

, memed, meme·ing or mem·ing.
  1. to create and spread memes:

    He spends a lot of time memeing and sharing his videos with friends.

verb (used with object)

, memed, meme·ing or mem·ing.
  1. to make the subject of a meme:

    cute cats that get memed.

meme

/ miːm /

noun

  1. an idea or element of social behaviour passed on through generations in a culture, esp by imitation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of meme1

First recorded in 1976; coined by British evolutionary biologist C. Richard Dawkins (born 1941), shortening of Dawkins's original creation mimeme, which was based on Greek mī́mēma “imitation, copy; artistic representation,” but which Dawkins also wanted to look and sound like gene; mimesis ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meme1

C20: possibly from mimic , on the model of gene
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Example Sentences

A few years ago, “zoom and enhance” was an internet meme making fun of CSI-style shows using a technology that didn’t really exist.

She then synched the song to the video with Kapwing’s tools, creating a new version of the meme.

The company, which got its start as a meme maker, offers a free suite of browser-based video-editing software tools.

While branded memes haven’t reached become the butt of a joke like the Bloomberg campaign memes, making memes that don’t land the joke or don’t stick out can also be an issue.

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Without these gatherings, some of his churchgoers had turned instead to Facebook, podcasts, and viral memes for guidance.

An 18-year-old Swedish rapper/Internet meme has inspired legions of impressionable teens to get based in bucket hats.

As uncovered by the climate blog desmogblog, the Ethical Oil meme dates to a 2010 book by Ezra Levant.

Some immediately treated the young rapper as a punchline, turning his awkward posture in the photo into a meme.

But that was too little, too late: the new meme was already in play.

“The NFL in crisis” became yet another disposable meme—much to the relief of NFL executives and fans alike.

Pu d'instants apres il dit l'Empereur Alexandre lui meme, "Il ne vous reste que le tronc—mais le cœur y est, et la tte est vous."

Mais le prix de tout les genres de main d'œuvre ayant aussi augment de moitie—cela revient au meme—et la compensation se retablit.

In no one could Buffon's aphorism on style find a better illustration, Le style c'est l'homme meme.

So he would do well to avoid shops inscribed with the motto, "Ici l'on peut ecrire soi-meme."

On this point, to make use of the metaphor alluded to: 'Tous les hommes ont la tete dans le meme bonnet'.

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