Memeting

When you get a sudden urge to listen to Daddy Yankee & Snow - Con Calma and your body starts thinking on its own and doing a stylish combination of latino and break dance moves while screaming "Oh shit!".

If you're with friends, you can pass the move one from another in a so called "line". Remember: while one of you has the move, the others must stand still.

Oh shit I hear Con Calma I'm gonna start memeting!

by memetlover October 30, 2019

Memetic Osmosis

Figuring out what happens in a TV Show, Game, or Movie entirely from memes or recent trends.

Person 1: "Have you actually seen Breaking Bad?"
Person 2: "No, but I pieced together what happens with memetic osmosis."

by Fordring1009 August 11, 2022

Memetics

Yeah, I was just talking to Emma about that.

Hym "This is how 'memetics' works, by the way."

by Hym Iam July 9, 2025

Memetic Mantras

Phrases that reprogram mood, singular or broken, apparently unconnected or orchestrated phrases, spread to form a larger diet of hive snacks, which in turn, feed the hive mind.

He thinks he's such a clever dude, pasting up his graffiti and tags for consumption of the hive, feeding off these Memetic Mantras, hoping to create a feedback loop of followers,pushing his new fractal vibe here there and everywhere! Once his followers are hooked, he's able to mess around with their moods like a dog awaiting his food.

by BudgieMuscle1 August 30, 2025

Memetic Justice

The use of memes as a form of social punishment or rejection as a direct or indirect response to wrongful words and/or actions.

A derivation of poetic justice.

The partygate memes contributed to Boris Johnson's resignation in a form of memetic justice.

by perregrine July 5, 2024

Memetic appropriation

Basically cultural appropriation but specifically regarding memes. Memetic appropriation is when somebody says a meme reference but they don't actually understand the context behind the meme and have no idea where the meme originated from. They only say it because everybody else is saying it.

User 1: This joke ain't even funny
User 2: r/wooosh
User 1: Stop memetic appropriating, you didn't even spell the sub right

Memetic appropriation

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian June 27, 2021

Memetic Theory

The study of ideas, behaviors, or styles that spread from person to person within a culture—the "genes" of culture, known as memes. Proposed by Richard Dawkins, it suggests that memes (like catchy tunes, fashion trends, religious beliefs, or slang) evolve through a process of variation, competition, and replication, using human minds as hosts. Success depends on "fitness" factors like simplicity, emotional resonance, and utility. Memetic theory is used to analyze everything from viral marketing and conspiracy theories to the evolution of religions and political ideologies.

Example: The rapid, global spread of the "Ice Bucket Challenge" is a textbook case of Memetic Theory. The meme (a specific behavior: dumping ice water, filming it, nominating others) had high fitness: it was simple, tied to a cause (ALS awareness), evoked strong emotions (fun, sympathy), and had a built-in replication mechanism (nominations). It outcompeted other charitable appeals and mutated into countless local variations.

by Nammugal February 5, 2026