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Who first used the word meme?

Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" in his 1976 bestseller The Selfish Gene.

wired.co.uk - Richard Dawkins on the internet's hijacking of the word 'meme'
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It's like when you come back from holiday and people ask you how it was and you end up picking three things that you end up saying every time, even though they aren't really representative of the holiday as a whole... That's right and it's possible that I along with everybody else have some false memories. There was one incident in my childhood where my memory is a bit different from my mother's. I was in Africa and I was stung by a scorpion. We both agree about that, but my memory is a little bit different. Mine was that I was walking across the floor and I saw what I thought was a lizard -- god knows how I mistook a scorpion for a lizard -- and I thought it would be fun to have the lizard walking across my foot, so I put my foot in the path of the lizard and the next thing I knew was a blinding pain. Well, my mother's memory is that I got down from the table at a meal and stepped on the scorpion, which was under the table. A different memory. Which do you think is right? Well obviously I think mine is because I have a very clear memory of it, but I am mindful of the fact that psychologists do tell us we have false memories. I suppose it's possible that the extreme pain -- I think I passed out -- could have done funny things to my memory. So it's possible that my mother's is more reliable in this respect. But mine is extremely clear.

What's the most unusual appearance request you've had?

I was filmed by a Japanese television company and the conceit of the programme was that they'd dress an actor, an Englishman, up as Charles Darwin and he would come and knock at my door and we would have a conversation about the changes that had happened in the subject [of evolutionary biology] since his death. So I told him all about modern genetics and things like that in a way that would have interested Darwin because it would have answered one of the major questions that he himself was worried about. The actor was quite good at playing the part of Darwin, doing good "old man" acting and repeatedly saying things like "yes, that's it!", although he was heavily made up and bits of slap kept on dropping off him the whole time. Then we went out into the street around Oxford and he was pictured being bewildered by traffic and dodging his way through cars.

What was running through your mind?

I was quite enjoying it. It was quite an unusual experience to be confronted with this Darwin look-a-like and have the privilege of talking to him. Oh yes, I think I have. Of course I said no. It was Celebrity Big Brother or something like that and I said absolutely no. I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. You can read about Dawkins' meme-tastic appearance on stage at Saatchi & Saatchi's New Directors' Showcase here.

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What does 🍃 mean from a boy?

🧠 — Oral sex. 💦 — Ejaculation. 👅 — May indicate sexual activity, especially oral sex.

bark.us - 2022 Emoji Meanings: An Emoji Dictionary for Parents - Bark

**This blog post on emoji meanings was updated on May 6, 2022.**

You probably know some of the slang terms your child uses while texting, but you may be completely baffled by all of the emoji slang they use to chat with friends. But don’t worry — we’ve explained some of the most common emoji slang meanings that teens and tweens use so you can know what they’re actually saying. Warning: some of these can be a little 🌶️ (explained below).

Bark's Emoji Dictionary

You can also download our shareable Emoji Dictionary PDF in case you know someone who has just got to get up to speed on the emoji meanings behind these inscrutable teen hieroglyphics, or even try text monitoring to get even more insights into your kid's world. Note: This emoji meanings guide is meant to provide a broad overview because emojis can have multiple meanings and be used in many different ways.

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