ミーム

みーむ
noun
meme
informaltechnologyentertainment
1. meme; internet meme
A piece of media — typically an image, video, or phrase — that spreads rapidly online, often with humorous variations. Borrowed from English 'meme,' originally coined by Richard Dawkins.
This meme is funny.
A new meme is going viral on social media.
A friend made a meme and sent it to me, and I couldn't help laughing.

Usage

ミーム is used primarily to refer to internet memes — humorous images, videos, or text that spread virally online. The original academic sense (a unit of cultural transmission, from Richard Dawkins' 1976 book) is less commonly encountered in everyday Japanese.

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