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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] Jimbo@pawb.social 6 points 5 hours ago (8 children)

US would say something like Criss-ant, UK would say something like Criss-ont

[–] MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place 10 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

My family in the Pacific Northwest settled on Crah-saunt (both ah and au being long A's, like in raw)

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

Yeah, PNW pronunciation is "cross-aunt" with that pnw thing where you just imply the t instead of actually saying it (as in 'accent' or 'that')

[–] aaa@piefed.ca 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

There’s a term for that, I think, such as substituting “d” in place of “t” is called “t-flapping”. Damping or muting, maybe.

Checked with quora and they say it’s T-glottalization, where the "t" is replaced by a glottal stop (the hitch in the back of your throat when saying “uh oh”, for example), and apocope or deletion, where the sound is omitted entirely.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] aaa@piefed.ca 4 points 2 hours ago

You’re welcome!

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