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Memo and Meme Definitions

Memo

A memorandum.

Meme

A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.

Memo

A short note; a memorandum.

Meme

An image or short video clip, often accompanied by a humorous saying or popular catchphrase, that is transmitted virally, especially on social media.

Memo

(programming) A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation.
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Meme

A humorous saying or popular catchphrase that is transmitted virally, especially as a caption for such an image or video clip.

Memo

(informal) To record something; to make a note of something.

Meme

(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.

Memo

(informal) To send someone a note about something, for the record.
I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.

Meme

(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.
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Memo

A written proposal or reminder

Meme

(Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.
This meme generator lets you make your own memes by adding a caption to existing images, or by uploading your own image.
I'm always posting memes on the groupchat.

Meme

Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.
It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that.
Jogging is a meme.

Meme

Granny; nana

Meme

To create and use humorous memes.
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Meme

To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.
To meme into existence

Meme

To joke around.

Meme

A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by nongenetic means (as by imitation);
Memes are the cultrual counterpart of genes

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