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• A "clicker" is a type of minimalist digital game or application primarily focused on repetitive user input, typically mouse clicks or screen taps, to achieve a simple, often escalating goal
  
  example: Italian Brainrot Clicker - the core gameplay revolves around continuous clicking accompanied by looping, often absurd, audio.

  Last edited on Jul 06 2025. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 06 2025.

noun

• remote control, usually for a television.

  Hand me the clicker.

                                         
  
  Citation from Click (2006 film) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: remote control.

  Last edited on Sep 15 2018. Submitted by Lorraine from Toronto, ON, Canada on Mar 16 2002.

• A "meme" is a piece of media - like an image, video, or even a simple game - that spreads virally online, often transforming and gaining new layers of meaning or humor as it goes, a perfect example being the Italian Brainrot Clicker.

  Last edited on Jul 06 2025. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 06 2025.

noun

• something that spreads through the internet in the same way that a virus spreads between organisms.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology", Wired, Julian Dibbell, September 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Elizabeth M. from Providence, RI, USA on May 26 2004.

origin

• Coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. A "meme", like a "gene", spreads between people within a culture.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.