MemeFrom WhatPort80 The word meme (Pronounced 'meem' ) is a term coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene. Originally used to describe packets of cultural information, it was adopted by the internet to describe viral lulz or frunz. Its original meaning is no longer used except by sociology majors. An internet meme is sort of a way of remembering lulz. It could be a line that summed up a massive raid along with accompanying OC, or it could be the defining aspect of a bad fanfiction or unintentionally hilarious pseudoscience. The meme is kind of a way that the lulz had can be remembered in the form of OC and happiness spreads throughout the subcultures of the internet for at least two years before it is considered old and everyone wants to forget about it. Sometimes the meme has nothing to do with lulz but everything to do with regular humour. While not often, it has happened in a couple of cases. The Lifecycle of a Meme Sometimes bloggers refer to memes as a word game or short quiz taken and posted as comment bait. The more comments a user receives about their results the higher the chances are of that thing spreading. Then most often memes are taken by messing idiots and totally messed up and or overused which eventually leads to the death of a meme, but here is an example of the lifespan of a meme.
However there are memes that deviate from this, and they usually move on to developing a personality. A couple examples of this are Caturday, where everyone posts cat macros on Saturday morning, and Pedobear, who surfaces once the scent of loli is in the air. See also
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