meme
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Is meme a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.Examples: "Examples of memes are tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches."; "For most of the population, the media system is, I think, a different one. It's not just the case that it tries to entertain them. It tries to entertain them through memes, which will intensify attitudes that support the interests of elites."; "Related memes tend to form mutually supporting meme-complexes such as religions, political ideologies, scientific theories, and New Age dogmas."Synonyms: culturgen
2. (Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.Examples: "He posted a meme that went viral within a few hours on social media."; "He stuck memes on the wall to campaign for the position of President."; "Not everyone saw the comparison to Nazis as a "meme" - most people on the Net, as elsewhere, had never heard of "memes" or "memetics." But now that we're living in an increasingly information-aware culture, it's time for that to change."Internet
3. (Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.Examples: "This meme generator lets you make your own memes by adding a caption to existing images, or by uploading your own image."; "I'm always posting memes on the groupchat."Internet
4. (Internet slang, derogatory) Something which is deceptive; a trick, a ruse.Examples: "It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that."; "I can't believe I fell for the bulking meme."Internetderogatory
5. (Internet slang, derogatory) Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.Examples: "It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that."; "Jogging is a meme."Internetderogatory
6. (Internet) A work produced and shared in response to a prompt or suggestion within an online group.Examples: "kink meme"; "anon meme"Internet
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, Internet slang) To create and use humorous memes.Examples: "One axiom commonly seen on /pol/ is "The Left Can't Meme"; in other words, left-wing meme jokes aren't funny."Internetintransitive
2. (transitive, Internet slang) To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.Examples: "Scott Greer, a deputy editor of the Daily Caller, tweeted, “Cernovich memed #SickHillary into reality. Never doubt the power of memes.”"; "David Moyes succeeding Slaven Bilić as West Ham United manager is being memed into existence by the internet, Football Burp understands."; "“Succession’s language is so specific, unique and captivating that nearly every line is worthy of being ‘memed’, even if it’s just somebody saying ‘fuck off’ or ‘bad tweet!’” she says."Synonyms: memeifyInternettransitive
3. (intransitive, Internet slang, by extension) To joke around.Examples: "actually, it wasn't my mental functioning. i'm just meming."; "“[P]ewdiepie is, once again, doing exactly what neo-nazis want,” Kotaku reporter Nathan Grayson commented on Twitter in response to the incident. “[W]hether he’s just meming or he ascribes to these values, it doesn’t matter. [W]hat matters is that he normalizes these ideas as jokes on THE platform where kids increasingly get their first exposure to the world at large.”"; "Some of his fellow fascists thought he was just “meming and pranking”; others dismissed it as “some autistic phase.”"Internetbroadlyintransitive
noun (English)
1. (informal, term of endearment) granny; nanaExamples: "When my parents got a divorce my dad washed his hands of my mom and me. He just pretended neither she nor I existed. If it weren't for my Meme, I would have lost all contact with the Atwood family after the divorce."; "Then there was my Meme, my father's mother. She was one of the most wonderful, loving, craziest, funniest people I ever had in my life."informal
Definition source: Wiktionary