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meme

[meem] / mim /
NOUN
cultural item repeatedly transmitted
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When the film’s second trailer dropped, Pattinson’s delivery of the notable Hansen-ism, “You see how this looks, right?” instantly became a reaction video itself; a meme of a meme of a meme.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

The meme is not entirely without foundation, although the evidence is considerably stronger for Brighton and Bournemouth than it is for Brentford.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

In the last 24 hours, front-page walkbacks of the AI extinction meme have appeared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The original meme stock is not the retail videogame chain that was famously portrayed in the movie “Dumb Money.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

You can’t tell someone a secret in homeroom and not expect that it won’t be an internet meme by lunchtime.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

To support their claims, they present slide decks filled with graphics and memes on a giant screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Though the currency’s value was susceptible to the day’s memes, it ultimately required confidence only in code.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

The internet has made it far easier to bond with our friends through memes and slang than through genuine vulnerability.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

In Argentina, the contests have fueled numerous memes that have even been seized on by top-flight football clubs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Or a lame Twitter account where she retweets memes about the importance of hand washing.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

“Time to meme like we have never memed before,” wrote Reddit user chance901.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

After Grimes and Musk split, he memed his way into being forced to buy Twitter for way too much money.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

By his own admission, it was a bold move, one that turned him into one of the most famously memed figures in India.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

And on Norfolk Island — a remote rock in the Pacific Ocean with about 2,000 residents and essentially no exports to the U.S. — a children’s book author memed a baffled-looking tropical wrasse fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025

But it should come as no surprise that the restaurant has memed itself back to life.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2024

As for the spoofing and memeing of the 60-second spot, Trotter said she and her colleagues just “can’t ignore it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025

Rachel Greenspan, writer and social strategist, joins us once again to argue for discretion in memeing.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2024

We said, 'No.' They didn't think of the impact that would have on how people would pick that up and start memeing it, and that's what happens with these things.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022

The deal also includes Morbius, a film that flopped at the box office and was brought back to theaters by relentless memeing only to flop again.

From The Verge ● Jun. 17, 2022

We might of been mistakenly memeing him in ...

From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2016

And when watching the series, there is no question about the skill of the team members, so I was initially a little shocked at the eventual meming of the show.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2020

On the left, we spend our time calling out and shutting down, lolling and meming and dropping mics.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2017




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