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Where Did the Word Meme Come From? (2018x71)
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In its early days, “meme”, which incidentally is often mispronounced as “me-me” or “meh-meh”, but in fact should be pronounced “meem”, primarily was only known and used by certain academics, but today this neologism is beginning to reach widespread use thanks to describing the viral spread of jokes, ideas, etc. via the internet.
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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=meme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme
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https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-129919709/stock-photo-meme%2C-3d-rendering%2C-wooden-board-on-a-grunge-chain
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-194633422/stock-vector-lol-meme-illustration-lol-face-lots-of-laugh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#/media/File:Richard_Dawkins_Cooper_Union_Shankbone.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#/media/File:Dawkins_at_UT_Austin.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Semon#/media/File:Richard_Semon.jpg
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