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meme

meme [ meem ]


noun 
Definition:
 
cultural characteristic passed down generations: any characteristic of a culture, e.g. its language, that can be transmitted from one generation to the next in a way analogous to the transmission of genetic information

[Late 20th century. < Greek mimēma "something imitated," after gene]
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