meme

[Ben Zimmer]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> Maybe we've discussed this.
>
> CNN: "A 'meme' is [i.e., "means"] the latest Internet craze fad [sic]."

For more on the evolution of "meme" and the latest Internet craze-fads, please
check out the Winter 2011 installment of "Among The Words":

http://americanspeech.dukejournals.org/content/86/4/454.citation

--bgz

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