Culture
Meme
Meme noun - A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation).
Usage example: memes are the cultural counterpart of genes
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Any meme that has fallen out of favor with pop culture, or at least the segment it was popular in.
Source: Discredited Meme -
In The Selfish Gene, he coined the word "meme" to discuss how culture is transmitted, by analogy with genes and with mimesis.
Source: Useful Notes / Richard Dawkins -
Sociology notwithstanding, on The Internet, a "meme" (pronounced "meem") is usually described as a catchy derivative of some aspect of pop culture, parodied and repeated over and over.
Source: Memetic Mutation
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