MEME (noun) — an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another through nongenetic means; imitation.
Online, a meme refers to a list of questions that someone poses to you which you answer, and then tag others to answer and pass on. Richard Dawkins coined the word “meme” in his book The Selfish Gene (1976) to describe how one might extend evolutionary principles to explain the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena.
SOURCE: I’ve seen this term used frequently in various blog postings I’ve been reading about social media.
USE IN A SENTENCE: My friend Ashley tagged me in a meme in Facebook entitled “16 Random Things” that details 16 random things about her life, likes, dislikes, family, etc.
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