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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] anaVal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The latin names had -um suffixes

  • Gold - Aurum
  • Silver - Argentum
  • Lead - Plumbum

also:

  • Copper - Cuprum
  • Iron - Ferrum
[–] lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aluminum already has an -um suffix so there's no need to change it

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So did it's predecessor name: Alum