[Ads-l] heard on the news this morning.

[David Barnhart]

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> On Feb 14, 2020, at 9:30 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm guessing you heard Taylor Lorenz of the New York Times talking about
> Mike Bloomberg paying "some of the most influential memers on the Internet"
> for sponsored posts.
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> https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/02/13/new-york-times-taylor-lorenz-on-bloombergs-meme-ad-purchases.html
> 
> Here's her Times article on the topic, which also uses "memers":
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/style/michael-bloomberg-memes-jerry-media.html
> 
> And she's used "memers" in the past, when writing for the Daily Beast and
> the Atlantic.
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> https://www.thedailybeast.com/he-started-messaging-me-when-i-was-16-female-memers-slam-content-zones-creator
> https://www.thedailybeast.com/memers-take-over-brooklyn-for-irl-party
> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/07/why-some-of-instagrams-biggest-memers-are-locking-their-accounts/564995/
> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/04/instagram-memers-are-unionizing/587308/
> 
> --bgz
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>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 8:13 AM David K. Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> _Memeer_ or _meme-er_
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>> A person who relies on memes to communicate?
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>> Any evidence would be much appreciated.
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