ememe

noun
/ɛˈmiːm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English mimemeclip. English meme blend English ememe Blend of emotion + meme.

Definitions

  1. Any emotional message implied or inferred (metamessage) contained within communication,…

    Any emotional message implied or inferred (metamessage) contained within communication, which is commonly recognised within a specific group of people or culture.

    • An ememe can be any language which can be culturally used to convey an emotion. Even 'Ok'or 'How are you' can be examples of ememes.
    • In Reference 49, the word was chosen as the smallest possible, meaningful emotional unit (named ememe along the same lines as phonemes and sememes) […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ememe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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