OK, I have definitely missed something here:

[Flaxbee]

what the heck is "meme" supposed to mean? I've seen people say "Me, me" but then I look at a phrase like "Kay pre-empted the "world is safer" meme and took it right off the table!" What does it mean? I know the word is loathed, but I must understand.

Please help, I'm not always an idiot...

[Wonk]

1. http://memecentral.com/#faq

http://memecentral.com/#faq

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. meme(s) are

units of cultural transmission analogus to "gene" in biological evolution--- Dawkins

Something(cultural item) with enough "design" to be deemed worth saving, stealing or replicating

Meme(ory)

[MercutioATC]

3. It's the new, cute 2004 buzzword....

...and I hope it dies a quick death. I'm soooo sick of it.

[Wonk]

5. Coined in 1976. Memes don't "just die", either, until they're supplanted

by better memes. Got a better term to describe the concept? Introduce it to the popular vernacular and see if it catches on.

[MercutioATC]

6. It's still overused...

..and annoying :)

[LynneSin]

7. I thought the new, cute 2004 buzzword was Yak

:shrug:

[TrogL]

4. Memepool

http://www.memepool.com