me|me

me|me «meem», noun.

an idea, belief or other element of culture that spreads from person to person; a contagious idea: »

The Italian gangster has appeared so often, for so long, in fiction, movies and journalism that he's become a commodity, a meme, a battered suitcase of references. (New York Times)

╂[< coined in 1976 by biologist Richard Dawkins with reference to mimesis]