ミーム
みーむ
noun
meme
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.
このミームは面白い。
This meme is funny.
SNSで新しいミームが流行っている。
A new meme is going viral on social media.
友達がミームを作って送ってきたので、思わず笑ってしまった。
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.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ミームが流行る (a meme goes viral)
- ミームを作る (to make a meme)
- ミーム画像 (meme image)
- ネットミーム (internet meme)