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[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

It can be either. I think most people refer to specific instances though.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Huh. That's not how I grew up with the term.

E.g. "it's become a meme at this point" doesn't make sense if it refers to an instance, as well as it does referring to the concept of the joke.

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

Why not both? In English, every word is a noun, a verb and an adjective, each with 28 1/2 meanings, anyway.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

lol, I mean, sure. Let me rephrase: am I the only one who remembers the word meme to originally mean only the conceptual joke format rather than a specific sample of the joke format?

That's probably better. (?) 😁

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Pretty much exactly the vibe I was going for, haha

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