Definition of meme
meme 
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 blacked out to resolve 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.
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