meme
idea, behavior or style that spreads within a culture
Nokia tune
musical composition
Eternal September
event
Watermelon stereotype
racist stereotype of African American people
Publish or perish
phrase coined to describe the pressure in academia to rapidly and continually publish academic work to sustain or further one's career
Republican Jesus
meme satirizing Republican socially conservative and libertarian Christians whose values appear antithetical to the Gospels
brain in a vat
thought experiment
couch gag
running gag from The Simpsons
chalkboard gag
running gag from The Simpsons
Kilroy was here
common marking and a meme from World War II
trope
use of figurative language – via word, phrase, or even an image – for artistic effect
internet meme
concept that spreads from person to person via the Internet
Our Response to Chamberlain
The Soviet meme, that appeared in 1927 as part of a propaganda campaign against policy of the United Kingdom
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
verse from Dante's "Inferno"
three hares
traditional motif showing three hares sharing ears
Jedi census phenomenon
phenomenon
light brown-colored mongrel
name for varieties of mixed race dogs of predominantely light brown fur
maternal insult
insulting reference to someone's mother
welfare queen
derogatory term in the United States for women allegedly misusing welfare payments
Dancing baby
short CGI video, one earliest examples of a meme or viral video
crayon-eating Marine trope
humorous trope associated with the US Marine Corps