The word meme is a shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme (from Ancient Greek μίμημα Greek pronunciation: [míːmɛːma] mīmēma, "something imitated", from μιμεῖσθαι mimeisthai, "to imitate", from μῖμος mimos "mime").
It's a concept used in the discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena.
One of the main responsibles for this phenomenon: facebook.
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