meme

UK /miːm/ US /miːm/
noun 6verb 3

Definitions

noun

1

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 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.

2

Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.

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.

3

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

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.

4

Something which is deceptive; a trick, a ruse.

It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that.

I can't believe I fell for the bulking meme.

5

Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.

It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that.

Jogging is a meme.

verb

1

To create and use humorous memes.

Yesterday afternoon four kids went to the hospital for injuries resulting from memeing in front of a local cafe. Faith Hilling, Taylor Swifting. These are things that will get you killed!

One axiom commonly seen on /pol/ is "The Left Can't Meme"; in other words, left-wing meme jokes aren't funny.

2

To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.

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.

3

To joke around.

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.”

noun

1

granny; nana

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.

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