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meme-speak

meme-speak noun: speech or language associated with memes.

Noun

meme-speak (uncountable)

  1. Speech or language associated with memes.
    • Katie Czarniecki Hill, 28, a program associate for Open Field who came up with the idea, thinks it is about time the cat video community joined forces IRL (“In Real Life” in meme-speak).2012 July 11, Olivia B. Waxman, “Our Nominations for the Internet Cat Video Film Festival”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2012
    • Dubbed “The Biles” it involves the 19-year-old completing two laid-out backflips with a half twist before landing on two feet and throwing her arms in the air in victory. Or in meme-speak, it involves her leaping into the stratosphere and rotating endlessly in her rightful place among the stars.2016 August 19, Madison Malone Kircher, “The 10 Greatest Memes of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ranked”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Nov...

Examples of meme-speak in a sentence

  • The Blood Orange/Slick Rick collaboration “Giving Me Life” is like-minded, but clumsier, one of several songs that uses meme-speak to sound current but will sound dated in three months.2018 November 20, Allison Stewart, “It’s Mariah Carey season, and ‘Caution’ is perfectly timed”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C....
  • Indeed, the well is practically bottomless, and finding humor in it — that isn’t just meme-speak and Twitter zingers — is an accomplishment.2019 January 11, Mark Athitakis, “Sam Lipsyte’s ‘Hark’ satirizes hucksters and the schlubs who love them”, in Los Angeles Times, Los...
  • She is the only writer I’ve read who can incorporate meme-speak into her prose without losing face.2019 August 4, Maggie Doherty, “Jia Tolentino on the ‘Unlivable Hell’ of the Web and Other Millennial Conundrums”, in The New York Times...
  • Or, to mangle a bank fundraising deck into meme-speak: SVB Financial’s “We have excellent capital and funding!” T-shirt has people asking lot of questions already answered by its shirt.2023 March 9, Alexandra Scaggs, “Silicon Valley Tank(s)”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...

Forms of meme-speak

alternative formmeme speak
alternative formmemespeak

Origin of meme-speak

From meme + -speak.

Questions about meme-speak

What does meme-speak mean?
Meme-speak means speech or language associated with memes.
How do you use meme-speak in a sentence?
The Blood Orange/Slick Rick collaboration “Giving Me Life” is like-minded, but clumsier, one of several songs that uses meme-speak to sound current but will sound dated in three months.
What part of speech is meme-speak?
Meme-speak is a noun.

Words near meme-speak in the dictionary

  1. meme speak
  2. meme stock
  3. meme stocks
  4. meme-able
  5. meme-ification
  6. meme-speak
  7. memeability
  8. memeable
  9. memeably
  10. memecoin
  11. memecoins

Source and license

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