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meme on en · VERB

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1. (Internet, transitive) To exploit or mock by means of memes.
   • Chad had always memed on Jason, but something about the way his followers responded made him wonder if they were lonely, too, if everyone online was searching for some lost warmth, some campfire glow inside a cold, infinite scroll. 2025 July 30, Jason Kilhoffer, “Discord, DMs, and the Digital Campfire”, in Chad: A “The Last TechShack” Novelette (Coaxial Drift), →ISBN:
   • Many tweets memed on the situation at large, some pronouncing anyone emotionally invested in a Twitch streamer’s romantic life a clown or a simp (which is 2020 for delusionally lovestruck buffoon). 2020 July 31, Cecilia D'Anastasio, “#PokimaneBoyfriend and the Scandalous Reign of Drama YouTube”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2020:
   • Is this a 'meme'? Another car game has added a DeLorean DMC-12. Are you 'memeing' on me? It is mighty strange that two games are so interested in an obscure failed car. 2016 September 20, Alice O'Connor, “[DMC] DeLorean DLC Rumbles Into Car Mechanic Simulator [2015]”, in Rock Paper Shotgun, London: Gamer Network, archived from the original on 14 May 2021:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meme, on.
   • Dopeness is not a catchprase to be memed on Twitter, tatted on a forearm, or spray painted on a city block. 2022 October 18, Charity C. Elder, “Preface: A Black Woman’s Gaze”, in Power: The Rise of Black Women in America, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

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