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The term "meme" for such internet things started in the early 90's. https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/ https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/
by boomboomsubban 6y ago
The term "meme" for such internet things started in the early 90's.
https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/ https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/
- JimiofEden 6y agoThis is true, but colloquially they were known as fads. At least on YTMND, 4chan, SA, or any other major hub in the late 90s/early 00s
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- ArnoVW 6y agoAccording to Wikipedia : The word meme itself is a neologism coined by Richard Dawkins, originating from his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.[12]