What is an Internet meme?

[Meklar]

An Internet meme is any sort of small image, quote, text snippet or whatever that has been passed around enormously on the Internet, is widely recognized outside of its original context, and derives its effect (usually humor value) from its known associations. Literally hundreds of these things have been produced over the years. In fact, there's a whole site dedicated to archiving all the really prominent ones for posterity:
http://knowyourmeme.com/

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