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Ignorant question....
May 25, 2007 06:48
Ok, is a MEME called a MEME because it is all about the person answering it???
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xentropyx
May 25 2007, 17:05:20 UTC
meme:
an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.
ORIGIN 1970s: from Greek mimēma ‘that which is imitated,’ on the pattern of gene.
see also
http://www.memepool.com
a meme is pronounced "meem" and is a fancy word for a quiz or survey that you're reposting from someone else.
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an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, esp. imitation.
ORIGIN 1970s: from Greek mimēma ‘that which is imitated,’ on the pattern of gene.
see also http://www.memepool.com
a meme is pronounced "meem" and is a fancy word for a quiz or survey that you're reposting from someone else.
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