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meme
[ meem ]
/ mim /
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noun
- a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition and replication in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes.
- 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, memeĀ·ing or memĀ·ing.
to create and spread memes: He spends a lot of time memeing and sharing his videos with friends.
verb (used with object), memed, memeĀ·ing or memĀ·ing.
to make the subject of a meme: cute cats that get memed.
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Origin of meme
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 mÄ«ĢmÄma āimitation, copy; artistic representation,ā but which Dawkins also wanted to look and sound like gene;cf. mimesis
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British Dictionary definitions for meme
meme
/ (miĖm) /
noun
an idea or element of social behaviour passed on through generations in a culture, esp by imitation
Word Origin for meme
C20: possibly from mimic, on the model of gene
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