Meem vs. Meme

Meemnoun

The letter م in the Arabic script.

Memenoun

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.

Memenoun

Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.

Memenoun

A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.

‘it’s a meme degree’; ‘jogging is a meme’;

Memeverb

To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.

‘to meme into existence’;

Memeverb

(internet slang) To joke around.

‘I thought you guys were just memeing’;

Memenoun

a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by nongenetic means (as by imitation);

‘memes are the cultrual counterpart of genes’;

Memenoun

an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.

Memenoun

an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.

Meme

A meme ( MEEM) 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. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme.