memey
/ˈmiːmi/
memey adjective: characterized by or relating to memes.
Adjective
memey (comparative memier, superlative memiest)
- Characterized by or relating to memes.
- Today his view is essentially that ROFL is just another element of the information cycle: he is the founder of BuzzFeed.com, a news-and-entertainment aggregator that’s partly devoted to these new sources of memey entertainment.2010 July 16, Rob Walker, “When Funny Goes Viral”, in New York Times Magazine, →ISSN
- It’s true that things that seem very zeitgeisty at the moment may be incomprehensible to future generations,” he said. That’s particularly true these days, as each new word seems more memey than the last.2015 January 16, Jessica Bennett, “At the Super Bowl of Linguistics, May the Best Word Win”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Forms of memey
| comparative | memier |
|---|---|
| superlative | memiest |
Origin of memey
From meme + -y.
Questions about memey
- What does memey mean?
- Memey means characterized by or relating to memes.
- What part of speech is memey?
- Memey is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce memey?
- Memey is pronounced /ˈmiːmi/.
Words near memey in the dictionary
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