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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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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 42 minutes ago)

Various words and phrases I have adopted ironically over the years, that have mostly lost their ironic sense:

  • Yeet (this is the big one. Whenever I throw something, or see someone else throw a thing, my brain goes "Yeet!")

  • Get rekt (gaming slang)

  • Aura-farming (originally from anime, I think. It sort of means being very cool

  • I gotcha fam

  • Mate (this is an outlier because it's not so much new slang, but it's new to me. Your mind may default to an Australian accent when reading this, but the vibe is more "working class shit hole in Northern England" (in other words, home <3 ))

  • Vibe (despite my use of this word never being ironic, it's probably worth mentioning too, due to how often I use it. I use it so frequently that I'm puzzled about what I did before this word entered my lexicon)

  • [Noun]-maxing (originally stems from "looks-maxing", which means putting effort into looking very good. This isn't a term I use frequently yet, but I'm trying to use it more, in order to annoy a friend. For example, when she took 3 bathroom breaks during movie night, I said that she was "piss-maxing". I do love knowing someone well enough that you know how to cause them psychic damage. Ahh, friendship)

I felt like there were more when I started this list, but I can't remember any now

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] wdx@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

For me it was "bro"

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

W post, kind of cringe how W & L got into my vocabulary as well as cringe.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I have started saying -maxxing more and more frequently. I really wish I didn't start.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Why the extra X? Taxing, faxing, etc...

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Like looksmaxxing or sleepmaxxing (I haven't used those words in an actual conversation)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/-maxing

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

6 7 6 7 Skibidi Ohio 🤙🤙🤙

[–] pentastarm@piefed.ca 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

golden dandelion which is a golden dandelion.

[–] cravl@slrpnk.net 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This was me with "gucci." shudders

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

It replaces the word "good" in many contexts.

"Soz I ate your last weed brownie brah."

"It's all gucci, fam. I fucked your girlfriend."

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

No cap.

Haha just kidding I would never say that dumb shit.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's how I started with lol

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

how I started with

  1. How I started
  2. What I started with

You gotta pick a lane, my dude.

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 5 points 18 hours ago

i s2g to god, I thought 'woke' was being used ironically, when I first heard it. :(

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

"Sweet" for me back in the day

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Hexarei@beehaw.org 1 points 3 hours ago

I know but what does mine say???

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 11 points 22 hours ago

This happens to me a lot

[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)
[–] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

This post is so sus.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

hella wicked cool lingo my guy

edit: I forgot I made a list a long time ago, turns out most of my sayings are from internet culture

some people call these vocal stims but I started doing this before I knew of that
- engineer gaming (TF2 meme)
- whoo-ee, makin bacon (TF2)
- bacon makin (TF2/self-made)
- <the entire steamed hams> (self explanatory)
- i'm a snoozer bro, just a sleepy little guy (danny gonzalez)
- I gotta go, I gotta go, I gotta get outta here (self-made?)
- on the move, on the move, always on the move (self-made?)
- yippee! (generic enough that it's likely self-made)
- woo yeah baby that's what I've been waiting for that's what it's all about (cr1tikal meme)
- son, I'm gonna blow [not sexual] (TF2)
- erectin a dispenser [maybe sexual] (TF2)
- something's wrong I can feel it [, just a feeling I've got, like something's about to happen] (eminem meme)
- proferly and carepully (YTP - eccentric severe tumors)
- *in the test chamberrr* (half life)
- half life? why not the full one? (TF2 meme but originates much earlier)
- [after brushing teeth] squeaky clean! (self-made)
- flibbity jibber-jabber gotta-gotta get outta here (tally hall - ruler of everything)
- I'm going to steal a chair [take a seat] (self-made)
- IT'S BLU (vinesauce windows corruptions)
- IT'S GODDAMN YELLOW (vinesauce windows corruptions)
- it's FRIGID! Like an icicle! (embarassingly self-made)
- *bowl of tar* [3x] (xploshi - teeth)
[–] lambdabeta@lemmy.ca 5 points 21 hours ago

My embarrasing case of this was when I accidentally started using "up in this bitch" as part of my vocab. As a tenth grade white kid at a private school in Ontario. :/ It legitimately got to the point that I was abbreviating it as UITB (pronounced like You Whitby).

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 1 points 19 hours ago

Ok let me cook.