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It's hard to define in a way that doesn't sound like a sociology textbook, but let's try this: it's a thing you share with friends, and then they share it, and before you know it, the entire internet is sick of it.

Examples of memes

• Quiz results you post on your journal
• Catchphrases people wear into the ground
• Macros, cat or otherwise
• "List five CDs you'd want to have on a desert island"

See also

• Glossary