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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.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.

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[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I suspect that if the US had adopted the name "Aluminium" Britain would have changed it again and they would be making fun of us for not calling it "Aluminiumium".

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago

I think Americans vastly overestimate how much Brits care about spiting them. If anything it would be more likely for the Americans to change the name to be different from the Brits.