Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On _THE SELFISH GENE_ Dawkins says he coined the term, which was a more
> euphonic version of "mimeme":
On quickly scanning that message I read the last word as "mini-me", which
brought up some *very* unlikely associations! :-)
Damian
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:34:36 -0700 (PDT), Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pike predates Dawkins, who I believe made up the term.
> (Could be wrong about that.) They are similar concepts, however, in
> that a tagmeme is a psychological linguistic construct that propagates
> culturally.
Miko O'Sullivan writes:
: > > "Wouldn't Know a Tagmemic if it Bit Him on the Parse"
: >
: > Ooh, can I steal that as a title? (Though I'll s/Tagmemic/Tagmeme/.) I
: > like it! :)
:
: You got it!
:
: I hope this isn't too off topic, but... is the word "tagmeme" somehow
: related to the urban lege
> > "Wouldn't Know a Tagmemic if it Bit Him on the Parse"
>
> Ooh, can I steal that as a title? (Though I'll s/Tagmemic/Tagmeme/.) I
> like it! :)
You got it!
I hope this isn't too off topic, but... is the word "tagmeme" somehow
related to the urban legend concept of a cultural "meme"?
-Miko
