Meme

Quick meaning: Meme is a noun meaning (Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.

Meaning

(Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.

More Meanings

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) Something which is deceptive; a trick, a ruse.
2. (Internet slang, derogatory) Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.
3. (Internet) A work produced and shared in response to a prompt or suggestion within an online group.
4. (intransitive, Internet slang) To create and use humorous memes.
5. (transitive, Internet slang) To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.
6. (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.
7. (Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.

Example Sentences

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.

I do...but my journal is a mess. It's mostly filled with memes and my bitching about a house I am building.

Examples of memes are tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches.

Word Forms

• memes
• memeing
• meming
• memed

Synonyms for meme

Depending on context, synonyms include culturgen, memeify.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soi, moi, trend, buzzword, catchphrase, trope.

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