I have been pondering the word 'meme' for a while.
Lo and behold, the following arrived in my inbox just now from a
mailing list I subscribe to that is called, er,..Meme!
Thought you might like the definition.
"meme: (pron. 'meem') A contagious idea that replicates like a virus,
passed
on from mind to mind. Memes function the same way genes and viruses do,
propagating through communication networks and face-to-face contact
between
people. Root of the word "memetics," a field of study which postulates
that the meme is the basic unit of cultural evolution. Examples of
memes
include melodies, icons, fashion statements and phrases."
Ahmad
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