meme

(Inglese)

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.
2. (Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.
3. (Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.
4. (Internet, derogatory) Something which is deceptive; a trick, a ruse.
5. (Internet, derogatory) Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.
6. (Internet) A work produced and shared in response to a prompt or suggestion within an online group.

Verb

1. (Internet, intransitive) To create and use humorous memes.
2. (Internet, transitive) To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.
3. (Internet, broadly, intransitive) To joke around.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/miːm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine inglese: phoneme

In summary

Shortened from mimeme, equivalent to mime + -eme.
Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Shortened (after gene) from mimeme (compare English phoneme), anglicized as if from a noun derived from Ancient Greek μῑμέομαι (mīméomai) with the deverbal suffix -μα (-ma), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitation, copy”). The concept was later applied to the Internet by Mike Godwin.

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