meme

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 2 Tok Pisin 2.1 Noun 3 Turkish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

Coined by Richard Dawkins, 1976 in the book, The Selfish Gene. Modelled after gene, from Greek μίμημα (imitation, copy), influenced by memory and même (same).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: mēm, IPA: /miːm/, SAMPA: /mi:m/
• Rhymes: -iːm

[edit] Noun

meme (plural memes)

1. (philosophy) Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, practices, habits, songs, dances and moods and terms such as race, culture, and ethnicity.
2. (philosophy) A self-propagating unit of cultural evolution having a resemblance to the gene (the unit of genetics).
3. (Internet, slang, loosely) A quiz or survey that is copied from one webpage or online journal to another, each participant filling in his or her personal answers.
   • 2004, "NoDayButToday", music meme (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.fan.hanson)

     so this is normall ^[sic] done in LJs, but since it's pretty dead...i thought why not try here...... some of them are kinda obscere^[sic]...and some are easy. give it a try, and then do your list.

   • 2005, "darklily", OT: Livejournal (discussion on Internet newsgroup soc.sexuality.general)

     I do...but my journal is a mess. It's mostly filled with memes and my bitching about a house I am building. My mother read my diary when I was 11 (which had repurcussions^[sic]), so I have had trouble figuring out what to write about in my LJ.

   • 2006, "ShellyS", Set up LiveJournal community? (discussion on Internet newsgroup rec.arts.sf.composition)

     I have about a dozen blogs on Blogger. One is for fun, kind of personal. One is for blogging about blogging and about politics. Another is for book reviews, and one is for reviewing comic books. One is for me to do memes. I like keeping these things separate and I like playing with templates, so having so many let me play a lot.

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[edit] See also

• email forward
• replicator

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meme

1. goat

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meme (definite accusative memeyi, plural memeler)

1. breast

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