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(noun)

1 : an idea, belief or belief system, or pattern of behavior that spreads throughout a culture either vertically by cultural inheritance (as by parents to children) or horizontally by cultural acquisition (as by peers, information media, and entertainment media)

2 : a pervasive thought or thought pattern that replicates itself via cultural means; a parasitic code, a virus of the mind especially contagious to children and the impressionable

3 : the fundamental unit of information, analogous to the gene in emerging evolutionary theory of culture

– meme pool (n.) : all memes of a culture or individual

– memetic (adj.) : relating to memes

– memetics (n.) : the study of memes

4 : in blogspeak, an idea that is spread from blog to blog

5 : an internet information generator, especially of random or contentless information

(Etymology : meme : derived from the Greek mimëma, ‘something imitated’, by Richard Dawkins in 1976)

Santa Claus is a more persistent meme than weasel frosting.

by Emme Dec 10, 2003 share this

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An item of pop culture propogated via word of mouth. Usually used in reference to the latest cool website that is propogated by e-mail.

Mahir, of “I kiss you” and “I invitate you to Turkey” fame.

“All your base are belong to us” the flash video, song, and Photoshopped photos.

Strong Bad and Trogdor the Burninator.

by Colz Grigor Mar 17, 2003 share this

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“A unit of cultural information that represents a basic idea that can be transferred from one individual to another, and subjected to mutation, crossover and adaptation.”

Kinda like a viral video that people keep making parodies and remakes of. =D

Pronounced (Meem; rhymes with dream)

Dude #1: Hey, “Unforgivable” is such a meme! Everyone’s making a version of their own!

Dude #2: We should make “Old Greg” into a meme.

Dude #1: ....

Dude #2: ??? ......

Dude #1: No.