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meme

[meem] / mim /
NOUN
cultural item repeatedly transmitted
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He cranks up a voting-themed choral cover of “Golden,” from KPop Demon Hunters, that has attained meme status in lefty corners.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

On Tuesday night, Kornacki inspired a meme simply by being captured on his new network’s Kornacki Cam as he walked down a hall.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

Much of the froth had come out of meme stocks by then.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

But “Oh, Mary!” has achieved much more than gold statues and box office receipts — it’s a genuine pop-culture phenomenon, a familiar meme and a show beloved by seemingly all demographics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Jontay sent me a message with a meme of one of the African princesses from the Black Panther movie.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Along the way it has also inspired internet memes, Halloween costumes and a booming market for merchandise—both official and bootleg.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

A 27-year-old named Kelley Dennison running to represent Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, for example, has posted Groyper-style memes, including one of her as the Groyper mascot, a derivative of Pepe the Frog.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

On X and Threads, neither of which are accessible in China, the controversy spawned even more memes.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

"Like digital memes, there may be limits to its attentional staying power, especially as we become more and more inundated with AI slop."

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

We talk on the phone at least once a week, and she texts me funny memes from the internet, or sentimental quotes about the importance of family.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

“Time to meme like we have never memed before,” wrote Reddit user chance901.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

After Grimes and Musk split, he memed his way into being forced to buy Twitter for way too much money.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

By his own admission, it was a bold move, one that turned him into one of the most famously memed figures in India.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

But it should come as no surprise that the restaurant has memed itself back to life.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2024

To no one’s surprise, “SNL” drilled in on Britt’s State of the Union response speech, which in only two days has been memed and parodied across TikTok and other social platforms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

None of that has stopped Reddit and other corners of the web from celebrating and memeing the issue.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

As for the spoofing and memeing of the 60-second spot, Trotter said she and her colleagues just “can’t ignore it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025

In 2020 Sen. Ed Markey fended off his primary challenger—a young Kennedy!—by memeing himself into winning the youth vote.

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2024

We said, 'No.' They didn't think of the impact that would have on how people would pick that up and start memeing it, and that's what happens with these things.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022

The deal also includes Morbius, a film that flopped at the box office and was brought back to theaters by relentless memeing only to flop again.

From The Verge ● Jun. 17, 2022

And when watching the series, there is no question about the skill of the team members, so I was initially a little shocked at the eventual meming of the show.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2020

On the left, we spend our time calling out and shutting down, lolling and meming and dropping mics.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2017


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