memedom

English

Etymology

From meme +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

memedom (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being a meme.
   • 2009, Joshua Errett, “The Jackson five”, in Now, Toronto, Volume 28, Number 44, 29 June - 6 July 2009:

     And now, a week after his death, the quirkier side of the Internet is coming forward: the best Jackson lyrics about pets, the top 10 Jackson outfits, the best Jackson moonwalks. And onward to memedom.

   • 2012 November 14, Esther Zuckerman, “Why Ryan Gosling Should Never Be the 'Sexiest Man Alive'”, in The Atlantic Wire:

     But Gosling, in his memedom, is too much of an underdog hero to become People's "sexiest man." While Gosling actually seems kind of bland in real life save for his put-upon Brando accent and his nobility on the streets of New York, on the Internet he's a feminist, a lawyer, even a typographer.

   • 2013 January 2, Marc Hogan, “Watch Kanye West Announce Impending Fatherhood Onstage in Atlantic City”, in Spin:

     Ever since Kanye West and Taylor Swift fatefully crossed paths during the MTV Video Music Awards a few years ago, that moment's instant memedom has obscured an intriguing similarity between the two artists.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:memedom.
2. The world of memes.
   • 2007 December 7, Jenna Wortham, “Famous Internet Memes to Gather at ROFLCon 2008”, in Wired:

     In celebration of all the treasured gems that are internet memedom, a group of Harvard folks are throwing what’s bound to blow up into the the^[sic] biggest nerdfest outside of a Star Trek Convention.

   • 2012 March 28, Katherine Boyle, “Peeps Show VI: Power to the Peeps”, in The Washington Post:

     An inventive joke born of Internet memedom.

   • 2012 December 29, Samantha Rollins, “The 11 best memes of 2012”, in The Week:

     GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has one of his top aides to thank for uttering the words that would secure his place in memedom.