meme

IPA: mˈim

(originally) Any unit of (originally 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.
(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.
(Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.
(Internet slang, derogatory) Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.
(informal, term of endearment) granny; nana

(intransitive, Internet slang) To create and use humorous memes.
(transitive, Internet slang) To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.
(intransitive, Internet slang, by extension) To joke around.

Examples of "meme" in Sentences

What makes it a meme is the corollary that the F-22 is militarily irrelevant.
For what a meme is and the rules that go along with it, check out my last meme post here.
It's not a meme, before anyone uses the term, as a meme is an idea that develops and mutates.
Note: Techmeme founder Gabe Rivera says he doesn't think that the term meme-tracker defines any kind of meaningful category of products, and that the word is
My quote would have been, "do they have to ask you for your papers in a German accent?". aff it wasn't just snl ... the meme is all over the interwebs. still, it's funny.
When Richard Dawkins coined the word meme he spoke about a soup of human culture where cultural units leap from brain to brain by processes of interpretation and imitation.
Dawkins first came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme, helping found the field of memetics.
I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme* If it is any consolation, it could alternatively be thought of as being related to ‘memory’, or to the French word meme.