So what is a "meme"?

Words change – become more popular, fall into disuse. But few have been propelled as rapidly into the buzz of adolescent discourse from where it was nestled in Richard Dawkins’ lap faster than the word “meme”. Here is a link way more interesting than Wikipedia.

I’ve tried telling my kids that I was into this before it was cool. They ain’t listening.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-06/20/richard-dawkins-memes

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