I prefer the names "memetics" to talk about the field of infectious ideas and "memetic agents" when talking about single instances. A "memetic agent" is somethi

I prefer the names "memetics" to talk about the field of infectious ideas and "memetic agents" when talking about single instances. A "memetic agent" is something like a virus, just replicating in minds instead of meatspace. The SCP wiki started these terms to refer to objects which present anomalous properties when you're exposed to them, such as what the foundation regularly employs to protect articles; "memetic kill agents", basically information that kills if you consume it.