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Thanks, but as I said, it was not in widespread use in the 90s... at least not in an internet context.
by TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
Thanks, but as I said, it was not in widespread use in the 90s... at least not in an internet context.
- Izkata 6y agoMerriam-Webster has a 1998 [0] reference that sounds close to the modern usage, though I don't know when got popular - at or before 2008 though, based on their next example. I do vaguely remember "viral video" and "image macro" were distinct in the early/mid-00s though, at the time I don't think they were grouped together under "meme". [0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/meme-word-origins-history https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/meme-word-orig...
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoAh the dancing baby meme. That was huge and you could buy a software “package” on windows that had hundreds of video variations of the baby. I still have that software (no, I did not buy it).