Definition of "mem"

mem¹

/mɛm/

noun
plural mems
1. The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

mem²

/mɛm/

noun
plural mems
1. (slang) Clipping of memory.
  Quotations
  We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your fave mem? (we know it's a hard q!) 👀💖
  2020 August 19, @BRITs, Twitter‎
  6. Throw Away the Mems [chapter title] ¶ Now that you’ve got some theme music, it’s time to take that old teddy bear and V-Day card and toss ‘em in the dumpster.
  2023 October 23, Rachel Varina, “How to Get Over a Breakup So You Can *Actually* Move On and Heal”, in Cosmopolitan‎
2. (computing theory) A memory access as part of processing.