Meme

[turtledude]

A meme (/ˈmiːm/; meem)[1] is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture."[2] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

Saw this one a few minutes ago.... got any favorites?

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[Pepper]

I googled Meme a couple weeks ago. Does anyone know if this is a new word that came about as a result of social networking or has it been around for a while?