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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So much comes from AAVE, I'm expecting it to become the default American dialect in a few decades. More and more I see online creators talking in it.

The British vs American English shitposting will get a huge boost, we kinda got used to the existing differences.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Thankfully I'll be dead by then.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was gonna say in the UK, a lot of modern slang over here comes from MLE (Multicultural London English)

Clearly this makes up a key part of our respective shitposting R&D divisions