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); “memes are the cultural counterpart of genes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
meme (plural memes)
Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
Synonym: culturgen
(Internet, slang) Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc. [from 1993]
(Internet slang) A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.
meme (third-person singular simple present memes, present participle memeing or meming, simple past and past participle memed)
(transitive, rare, internet slang) To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.
(intransitive, internet slang) To create and use humorous memes.
(intransitive, internet slang) To joke around.
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Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
