Nonsense-shouting silly man Stephen A. Smith needs an ESPN producer to teach him how to pronounce the word "meme." I would recommend sparing yourself from listening to the entire thing (I certainly ...

Richard Dawkins has reflected on coining the term “meme”. The word was first shared by the scientist in his 1972 bestselling book The Selfish Gene, where it referred to the self-replication of genes ...

“Meme,” coined in 1976 by Richard Dawkins, has been used in Times articles about genes, stocks and of course, Bernie Sanders. By Sarah Diamond In Word Through The Times, we trace how one word or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. A meme is a shortcut to a universal human emotion. But to ...

Viral content didn’t exist when Richard Dawkins coined the term “meme” in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. And although he generally approves of the way the word has been used on the internet, when ...

As news feeds swarm with cat videos, it’s hard to imagine our digital lives without memes. But believe it or not, memes aren’t a recent cultural phenomenon. In fact, the word “meme” itself is rooted ...

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