meme

noun

ˈmēm

: an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media

… the band encouraged fans to make memes to advertise the U.S. release of their EP …

William Gruger

The grumpy cat meme frowned its way onto the Internet in September 2012 and never turned its dissatisfied head back. Since then, the image of the cranky cat has grown more and more popular in direct proportion to appearing less and less impressed by fame.

Anastasia Thrift

: an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture

Memes (discrete units of knowledge, gossip, jokes and so on) are to culture what genes are to life. Just as biological evolution is driven by the survival of the fittest genes in the gene pool, cultural evolution may be driven by the most successful memes.

Richard Dawkins

memetic

mē-ˈme-tik How to pronounce meme (audio)

mə-

adjective

… the exhibition seeks to give a sense not only of Holmes's origins but of the real-world milieu in which Conan Doyle set him and of his memetic spread through the culture.

Sam Leith

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In his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, British scientist Richard Dawkins defended his newly coined word meme, which he defined as "a unit of cultural transmission." Having first considered, then rejected, mimeme, he wrote: "Mimeme comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like gene." (The suitable Greek root was mim-, meaning "mime" or "mimic." The English suffix -eme indicates a distinctive unit of language structure, as in grapheme, lexeme, and phoneme.) Like any good meme, meme caught on and evolved, eventually developing the meaning known to anyone who spends time online, where it's most often used to refer to any one of those silly captioned photos that the Internet can't seem to get enough of.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Online, the image evolved into a meme and the rifle was replaced by a javelin.

Leila Barghouty, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2022 While details about the pic are limited, paparazzi photos leaked from the set ignited a social media frenzy, as fans were quick to turn Chalamet’s Wonka into a meme.

Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, the flavor binary continued to solidify online as a meme, even becoming enshrined in Urban Dictionary definitions.

Jenny G. Zhang, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022 Critics turned the segment into a meme, a mocking antiwar slogan designed to echo a famous sticker celebrating Russia’s World War II victory.

New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Slender Man is a character that started as a Creepypasta internet meme in 2009 and is often depicted stalking or abducting children.

Bradford Betz, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2022 Musk also replied to a meme that compared another shirtless photograph with an image of a dog standing up on its back legs.

People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2022 Belcore said the issue, quite simply, is too heavy to be fully represented in a meme.

Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 10 July 2022 Diablo Immortal had a painful birthing process as a meme at Blizzcon, where fans were expecting Diablo 4 news and instead got a mobile announcement.

Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 See More

单词	meme
释义	meme noun ˈmēm 1 : an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media … the band encouraged fans to make memes to advertise the U.S. release of their EP … William Gruger The grumpy cat meme frowned its way onto the Internet in September 2012 and never turned its dissatisfied head back. Since then, the image of the cranky cat has grown more and more popular in direct proportion to appearing less and less impressed by fame. Anastasia Thrift 2 : an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture Memes (discrete units of knowledge, gossip, jokes and so on) are to culture what genes are to life. Just as biological evolution is driven by the survival of the fittest genes in the gene pool, cultural evolution may be driven by the most successful memes. Richard Dawkins memetic mē-ˈme-tik mə- adjective … the exhibition seeks to give a sense not only of Holmes's origins but of the real-world milieu in which Conan Doyle set him and of his memetic spread through the culture. Sam Leith Did you know? In his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, British scientist Richard Dawkins defended his newly coined word meme, which he defined as "a unit of cultural transmission." Having first considered, then rejected, mimeme, he wrote: "Mimeme comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like gene." (The suitable Greek root was mim-, meaning "mime" or "mimic." The English suffix -eme indicates a distinctive unit of language structure, as in grapheme, lexeme, and phoneme.) Like any good meme, meme caught on and evolved, eventually developing the meaning known to anyone who spends time online, where it's most often used to refer to any one of those silly captioned photos that the Internet can't seem to get enough of. Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Online, the image evolved into a meme and the rifle was replaced by a javelin. Leila Barghouty, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2022 While details about the pic are limited, paparazzi photos leaked from the set ignited a social media frenzy, as fans were quick to turn Chalamet’s Wonka into a meme. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, the flavor binary continued to solidify online as a meme, even becoming enshrined in Urban Dictionary definitions. Jenny G. Zhang, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022 Critics turned the segment into a meme, a mocking antiwar slogan designed to echo a famous sticker celebrating Russia’s World War II victory. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Slender Man is a character that started as a Creepypasta internet meme in 2009 and is often depicted stalking or abducting children. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2022 Musk also replied to a meme that compared another shirtless photograph with an image of a dog standing up on its back legs. People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2022 Belcore said the issue, quite simply, is too heavy to be fully represented in a meme. Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 10 July 2022 Diablo Immortal had a painful birthing process as a meme at Blizzcon, where fans were expecting Diablo 4 news and instead got a mobile announcement. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 See More Word History Etymology alteration of mimeme, from mim- (as in mimesis) + -eme First Known Use 1976, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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meme

noun

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