Meme
noun
An image, video, piece of text, etc. that is humorous in nature and is copied and spread quickly by internet users, often with slight changes.
The latest meme on the internet is making everyone laugh
Often appears as...
- internet meme
- viral meme
Usage tips
Informal
noun
An idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads quickly within a culture.
Minimalist living is a recent meme among young urban dwellers
Often appears as...
- cultural meme
- social meme
noun
An image, video, piece of text, etc. that is humorous in nature and is copied and spread quickly by internet users, often with slight changes.
The latest meme on the internet is making everyone laugh
Often appears as...
- internet meme
- viral meme
Usage tips
Informal
noun
An idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads quickly within a culture.
Minimalist living is a recent meme among young urban dwellers
Often appears as...
- cultural meme
- social meme
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Social Virality
Memes often reflect current events or trends and gain popularity rapidly online.
"The song from the movie has become a dance meme overnight."
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Humor
Modifying existing memes with personal twists can enhance humor and shareability.
"She added her cat to the meme and now it's even funnier."
Pro Tip 3/3Internet Slang
The term 'meme' can be slang for anything popular or trending on the internet.
"That catchphrase has become such a meme!"
Pro Tip 1/3Social Virality
Memes often reflect current events or trends and gain popularity rapidly online.
"The song from the movie has become a dance meme overnight."
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Humor
Modifying existing memes with personal twists can enhance humor and shareability.
"She added her cat to the meme and now it's even funnier."
Pro Tip 3/3Internet Slang
The term 'meme' can be slang for anything popular or trending on the internet.
"That catchphrase has become such a meme!"
Pro Tip 1/3Social Virality
Memes often reflect current events or trends and gain popularity rapidly online.
"The song from the movie has become a dance meme overnight."
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Humor
Modifying existing memes with personal twists can enhance humor and shareability.
"She added her cat to the meme and now it's even funnier."
Pro Tip 3/3Internet Slang
The term 'meme' can be slang for anything popular or trending on the internet.
"That catchphrase has become such a meme!"
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Inside the bizarre world...
She started interacting with people in these online spaces, and they made her feel smart, they made her feel validated. She started feeling a sense of community, started wondering if maybe some of these shocking memes might actually contain a kernel of truth. A few months later, she was in a car with some of her new internet friends
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Why giving away our...
Maybe it needed someone who is turned on by numbers and graphs rather than just the big, sad face to get engaged. I mean, you've used it in your letter this year, you used basically this argument to say that aid, contrary to the current meme that aid is kind of worthless and broken, that actually it has been effective.
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Tim Berners-Lee: The...
a presentation, an analysis, somebody's looking for patterns in the data -- they get to look at all the data and they get it connected together, and the really important thing about data is the more things you have to connect together, the more powerful it is. So, linked data. The meme went out there.
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An ode to the millennial...
something to do whether it's twerking on snapchat or creating Kermit memes that's none of your business because the world is no longer yours we took away the Y's and create our own parser now with ours I said the world is no longer yours we became the Generation Y before you could
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Susan Blackmore: Memes...
not only what's going on on our planet, but what might be going on elsewhere in the cosmos. So first of all, I'd like to say something about memetics and the theory of memes, and secondly, how this might answer questions about who's out there,
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
of excitement overdose and you know where it's gone or i mean i think deutsche is fun and you know i've always said don't bet the form of dogecoin uh fyi yeah but i i think i think it's it's i like dogs and i like memes and uh it's got
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
But it is a problem. We don't have much time, and I'm going to go over just a little bit of this and cut out, because there's a lot of other things that are going to be said. So let me just point memes are like viruses.
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Can you outsmart a troll...
like memes relating to the imminent election. That’s how you would like to go about spreading disinformation, but what kind of disinformation would be effective in manipulating young Greene supporters?
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Interviewing a Former...
where lies become truth and conspiracy becomes reality. As of May 2021, Facebook banned 250 groups linked to white supremacy. Often what starts as edgy memes that target young men
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A brief tour of the last...
are just a small percentage of that. Yet they get the most media attention. It's a very accurate meme; I didn't even make this one. This is just the truth.
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Inside the bizarre world...
She started interacting with people in these online spaces, and they made her feel smart, they made her feel validated. She started feeling a sense of community, started wondering if maybe some of these shocking memes might actually contain a kernel of truth. A few months later, she was in a car with some of her new internet friends
Video examples
Why giving away our...
Maybe it needed someone who is turned on by numbers and graphs rather than just the big, sad face to get engaged. I mean, you've used it in your letter this year, you used basically this argument to say that aid, contrary to the current meme that aid is kind of worthless and broken, that actually it has been effective.
Video examples
Tim Berners-Lee: The...
a presentation, an analysis, somebody's looking for patterns in the data -- they get to look at all the data and they get it connected together, and the really important thing about data is the more things you have to connect together, the more powerful it is. So, linked data. The meme went out there.
Video examples
An ode to the millennial...
something to do whether it's twerking on snapchat or creating Kermit memes that's none of your business because the world is no longer yours we took away the Y's and create our own parser now with ours I said the world is no longer yours we became the Generation Y before you could
Video examples
Susan Blackmore: Memes...
not only what's going on on our planet, but what might be going on elsewhere in the cosmos. So first of all, I'd like to say something about memetics and the theory of memes, and secondly, how this might answer questions about who's out there,
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
of excitement overdose and you know where it's gone or i mean i think deutsche is fun and you know i've always said don't bet the form of dogecoin uh fyi yeah but i i think i think it's it's i like dogs and i like memes and uh it's got
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
But it is a problem. We don't have much time, and I'm going to go over just a little bit of this and cut out, because there's a lot of other things that are going to be said. So let me just point memes are like viruses.
Video examples
Can you outsmart a troll...
like memes relating to the imminent election. That’s how you would like to go about spreading disinformation, but what kind of disinformation would be effective in manipulating young Greene supporters?
Video examples
Interviewing a Former...
where lies become truth and conspiracy becomes reality. As of May 2021, Facebook banned 250 groups linked to white supremacy. Often what starts as edgy memes that target young men
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A brief tour of the last...
are just a small percentage of that. Yet they get the most media attention. It's a very accurate meme; I didn't even make this one. This is just the truth.
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Tamilisai Soundararajan
Indian Public Servant
I enjoy trolls. They try to shake my confidence and bring me down with such remarks, but they never knew they helped me grow. They saw my curly hair, they saw my dark color, they saw my short stature and they started making memes. I know they can mock my appearance but they cannot claim I am corrupt or talk about my education or my eloquence.
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Vijay Sethupathi
Indian Actor
I was active on Facebook for a while, responding to comments and thanking fans for their appreciation. But I found that the Facebook feed was numbing my emotions. I'd see an extraordinarily tragic news item, and even before I could react to it, see a hilarious meme right below it. This was confusing me.
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Susan Blackmore
English Writer
Certainly almost everything we do and think is colored in some way by memes, but it is important to realize that not everything we experience is a meme. If I walk down the street and see a tree, the basic perception that's going on is not memetic.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
Generally, the view that I've had on Twitter is if you're on Twitter, you're in, like, the meme - you're in meme war land. If you're on Twitter, you're in the arena. And so, essentially, if you attack me, it is therefore OK for me to attack back.
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Zoe Quinn
American Artist
It's weird when you stop being a person to a lot of folks and just become a weird talking point. It's like you become a meme, and you're not a person anymore, and people don't mind stealing your life.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I like the app where you can make your own memes. I make memes all the time and send them to my friends.
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Kodie Shane
American Musician
I will really go looking at memes and be crying sometimes.
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Daisy Shah
Indian Actress
I have only become more popular since 'Race 3' memes.
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Lil Nas X
American Musician
I was always making memes, and now I have music.
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Sanya Malhotra
Indian Actress
I am so happy to be a meme.
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Tamilisai Soundararajan
Indian Public Servant
I enjoy trolls. They try to shake my confidence and bring me down with such remarks, but they never knew they helped me grow. They saw my curly hair, they saw my dark color, they saw my short stature and they started making memes. I know they can mock my appearance but they cannot claim I am corrupt or talk about my education or my eloquence.
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Vijay Sethupathi
Indian Actor
I was active on Facebook for a while, responding to comments and thanking fans for their appreciation. But I found that the Facebook feed was numbing my emotions. I'd see an extraordinarily tragic news item, and even before I could react to it, see a hilarious meme right below it. This was confusing me.
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Susan Blackmore
English Writer
Certainly almost everything we do and think is colored in some way by memes, but it is important to realize that not everything we experience is a meme. If I walk down the street and see a tree, the basic perception that's going on is not memetic.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
Generally, the view that I've had on Twitter is if you're on Twitter, you're in, like, the meme - you're in meme war land. If you're on Twitter, you're in the arena. And so, essentially, if you attack me, it is therefore OK for me to attack back.
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Zoe Quinn
American Artist
It's weird when you stop being a person to a lot of folks and just become a weird talking point. It's like you become a meme, and you're not a person anymore, and people don't mind stealing your life.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I like the app where you can make your own memes. I make memes all the time and send them to my friends.
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Kodie Shane
American Musician
I will really go looking at memes and be crying sometimes.
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Daisy Shah
Indian Actress
I have only become more popular since 'Race 3' memes.
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Lil Nas X
American Musician
I was always making memes, and now I have music.
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Sanya Malhotra
Indian Actress
I am so happy to be a meme.
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