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memey en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmiːmi/

Etymology

From meme + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Characterized by or relating to memes.
   • It’s true that things that seem very zeitgeisty at the moment may be incomprehensible to future generations,” he said. That’s particularly true these days, as each new word seems more memey than the last. 2015 January 16, Jessica Bennett, “At the Super Bowl of Linguistics, May the Best Word Win”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • While you’ll find a giddy variety of sounds on TikTok – ranging from the classic ('Paint It Black' by the Rolling Stones is currently trending) to the extremely memey (‘Be Gone Thot’ by an alien influencer called Lil Mayo) – the most consistently trending sounds tend to err towards the childlike. 2019 October 31, Emma Madden, “TikTok has broken rap music”, in Wired UK, →ISSN:
   • Today his view is essentially that ROFL is just another element of the information cycle: he is the founder of BuzzFeed.com, a news-and-entertainment aggregator that’s partly devoted to these new sources of memey entertainment. 2010 July 16, Rob Walker, “When Funny Goes Viral”, in New York Times Magazine, →ISSN:

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