Meme

-A social phenomenon that involves a phrase, drawing, photo, or video capable of self replication via by comedy, horror, or other mediums through social networks or circles.

Meme stems from the word Memetic which means “an idea that spreads like a virus. Sometimes propagating in spite of truth and logic.” A memetic idea is an idea that spreads whether it wants to or not, it’s unknown when the word “meme” was first coined or phrased but it’s likely first mentioned Richard Dawkins 1976 book “The Selfish Gene”

“That was the funniest meme I’ve seen in a while, man”