memeification

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From meme +‎ -ification.

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memeification (countable and uncountable, plural memeifications)

  1. (Internet) The process of forming an Internet meme out of something.
    • 2017 December 27, Michael Andor Brodeur, “The meme class of 2017”, in The Boston Globe[1]:
      “Trump Draws” was one of the earliest memeifications of newly-sworn President Trump, capturing the childlike delight that (at first) attended his signing of fancy documents with spiffy pens.
    • 2024 February 29, Jack King, quoting Rachel Lee, “Why everyone you know is suddenly a Letterboxd head”, in GQ[2]:
      “Letterboxd has successfully tapped into the Gen Z phenomenon of ‘the memeification of everything’,” explains Rachel Lee of The Digital Fairy, a creative agency specialising in internet and youth culture.

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