Jimmy: what are memes?

John: i don’t know, i heard the kids play with it on the “internet” let me ask someone-

Me: e x c u s e m e ?

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m e m e s ?

i’m about to give you the entire dictionary.

Jimmy: wait hol’ up now we don’t want the-

MEMES DICTIONARY
What is a meme, and what do the most popular memes actually mean? We heard you ask, so we created the ultimate meme dictionary to make sense of it all!

The word “meme” is both a noun and a verb, and it’s taken the Internet by storm in recent years. Open any social media profile, and you’re bound to see one. But where do memes come from? Is there a way to tell who was the very first person to put words on a photo of Chef Gordon Ramsey or turn some lines into a heart rate that spread all over Twitter? Take a look through our meme meanings to find out just where they came from and how long they’ve been around.

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IDIOT SANDWICH MEME
The Idiot Sandwich meme references a 2015 comedy skit where…

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HEART RATE MEME
Going viral on Twitter in April 2019, the…

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HOT GIRL SUMMER
Live your best life! Hot girl summer is…

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BABY YODA
Baby Yoda is the popular name for a…

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THE CAKE IS A LIE
Sonny, let me tell you about the memes…

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HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND
Hello darkness, my old friend is a meme…

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simp
Simp is a slang insult for men who…

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cancel culture
Cancel culture refers to the popular practice of withdrawing…

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karen
Karen is a pejorative slang term for an…

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WAP is a slang acronym that stands for…

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