Grammimetics™ nounGrammar + mimetics
Definition of grammimetics
1 a : the science of creating intelligent, relatable, funny memes in the quest to strengthen our writing skills // Grammimetics is a neologism coined by Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Ph.D., who teaches at UC Berkeley in the College Writing Programs. It's a nifty word to use in class and to make meme-making sound academic and important, which is crucial. // At the grammimetics global conference of 2091, academics laughed that Rickrolling is still a thing. More Example Sentences // "Grammimetrics" is a variation of an exceedingly useful 2020 neologism grammimetics and has had more popularity even than the original version, generally for all instances of bait-and-switch as associated with digital memes, and specifically in its application to instances of unexpected Rick Astley appearances. |
Grammeme™ nounGrammar + meme
Definition of grammeme
1 a : a rather boring unit of grammar* 1 b : a smart, relatable grammar meme made in grammimetics™ workshops specifically : a clever meme showing superior grammar understanding & deep grammar joy grammemer™ a maker of quality grammemes™ \ noun grammemed™ (of a leisure venue, academic event, etc.) given a particular meme or particular memes \ adjective // Students made smart grammemes. // The best grammemers are also the best writers. // Teaching grammar by grammemes is so widespread that a Grammeme major is now popular on campuses. // Grammeming is fun and educational! *The only pre-internet meaning of grammeme |
-Eme is grammeme's suffix, and linguists cannot live without these three little letters.
-Eme means "this distinctive unit of language structure is important: stop making tea, and pay attention."
root of meme is mimeme / mimesis : imitate, make a copy +
-eme is at meme's end to make a neat portmanteau
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ur-root of meme is *imā- : make a copy
Ancient Greek, anyone?
μιμητικός | able to imitate, imitative
μιμητής | imitator, artist
μιμεῖσθαι | to imitate
Note: The OED meme entry has not been recently updated. Its last reference is to a Wikipedia article on 'Rickrolling' in 2013!
-Eme means "this distinctive unit of language structure is important: stop making tea, and pay attention."
root of meme is mimeme / mimesis : imitate, make a copy +
-eme is at meme's end to make a neat portmanteau
More?
ur-root of meme is *imā- : make a copy
Ancient Greek, anyone?
μιμητικός | able to imitate, imitative
μιμητής | imitator, artist
μιμεῖσθαι | to imitate
Note: The OED meme entry has not been recently updated. Its last reference is to a Wikipedia article on 'Rickrolling' in 2013!