Meaning of meme | Babel Free

Definitions

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
2. 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.
3. granny; nana
   informal
4. Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
5. Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.
   Internet
6. A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text
7. A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.
   Internet
8. Something which is deceptive; a trick, a ruse
9. Something which is deceptive; a trick, a ruse.
   Internet, derogatory
10. Something not to be taken seriously; a joke
11. Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.
    Internet, derogatory
12. A work produced and shared in response to a prompt or suggestion within an online group.
    Internet

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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.”

“The original Hobson and Jobson stock⟳ comic characters have⟳ died out as a meme, as has the application of their names to the Muharram in India.”

“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⟳.”

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

“The idea was to append Keyboard Cat to the end⟳ of a blooper video to "play⟳" that person offstage after a mistake⟳ or gaffe, like⟳ getting the hook in the days of vaudeville. The meme became popular, Ashton Kutcher tweeted about it to more than 1 million followers, and more than 4,000 such videos have⟳ now been made.”

“This latest Internet meme is shocking. But most shocking of all is the person who started the meme isn't a person at all, but a cat who seems to have⟳ no regard for people's safety.”

“Harlem Shake⟳ meme: the new Gangnam Style? [headline]”

“Social networks produce⟳ inside jokes at a relentless pace. The best, worst, stupidest and funniest of those jokes become⟳ memes, and either you get⟳ them or you don’t.”

“Haha, memes are funny! Until they totally become⟳ racist. Pepe the Frog lived a very normal meme life right up until online trolls turned him into a green thing of hate⟳ in 2016. It got so bad his creator symbolically killed him off in 2017.”

“He said that NFT sales had helped establish⟳ memes as a sophisticated art form⟳ and “serious pieces of culture.””

“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.”

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

“I can't believe⟳ I fell for the bulking meme.”

“Jogging is a meme.”

“kink meme”

“anon meme”

“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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