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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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[–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We call it a "whipper snipper" in Australia lol

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

do you call weeds "whippers"?

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

We still call them weeds. It's called a whipper snipper because it snips weeds by whipping them.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Who calls them strimmers then? Brits maybe?

I think the proper generic term for them is string trimmer

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

I have Sassy the Sasquatch to thank for my knowledge of that.