“Kamala is Brat,” Dark Brandon, childless cat ladies—they’re almost as well known as this year’s presidential candidates themselves. While these and other examples of memes are a source of ...

For the last two decades, some of the weirdest and most creative things on the internet played out in images and GIFs. There have always been terrible memes, but for years, memes as a category were ...

Witty, humorous memes may play an important role in eating habits, according to a recent study, although many Boston University professors said they disagree. Memes are cultural elements that carry ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. A meme is a shortcut to a universal human emotion. But to ...

In 2021, it felt like memes were being made at a breakneck pace. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Somehow, they seemed stranger than ...

If you’ve spent any time online, you’ve likely encountered a meme — any combination of image, video or text that is remixed, replicated and shared to convey a message. Most are funny. Some are cute ...

“Meme,” coined in 1976 by Richard Dawkins, has been used in Times articles about genes, stocks and of course, Bernie Sanders. By Sarah Diamond In Word Through The Times, we trace how one word or ...