memey

From meme +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːmi/

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• Homophone: Mimi

memey (comparative memier, superlative memiest)

1. (informal) Characterized by or relating to memes.
   • 2010 July 16, Rob Walker, “When Funny Goes Viral”, in New York Times Magazine‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2015 January 16, Jessica Bennett, “At the Super Bowl of Linguistics, May the Best Word Win”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →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.

   • 2019 October 31, Emma Madden, “TikTok has broken rap music”, in Wired UK‎^[3], →ISSN:

     While you’ll find a giddy variety of sounds on TikTok – ranging from the classic ('Paint It Black' by the Rolling Stones is currently trending) to the extremely memey (‘Be Gone Thot’ by an alien influencer called Lil Mayo) – the most consistently trending sounds tend to err towards the childlike.