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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It derives from "to soak" or "to saturate" because they saturate the fabric with some resin (i think) to fill the voids between the strings, so it becomes (mostly) impermeable to water.

[–] NightFantom@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, if you think of "filling up" as the definition it's pretty easy