image macro

image macro

English

An example of an image macro.

Noun

image macro (plural image macros)

1. (Internet) An image with superimposed text, often humorous.
   • 2001 August 25, anotherone, “Something Awful forums FAQ By anotherone”, in http://anotherone0.tripod.com/‎, retrieved 2013-09-11:

     What were the various image macros? ... [img-foo]: See Image Macro. A list of official [img-foo]s are above, but any common image that's used often can replace foo. [img-motorcycle.jpg] for instance.

   • 2001 September 25, Guest, “Meddling kids!”, in 3D Realms Forums‎, retrieved 2013-09-11:

     That would make such a good image macro, could i use it sometime?

   • 2001 October 22, <deleted user>, “Ill advised image macros never intended for use”, in Something Awful Forums‎, retrieved 2013-09-11:

     Ill advised image macros never intended for use

   • 2002 February 22, anotherone, “Something Awful forums FAQ By anotherone”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, retrieved 2013-09-11:

     Now, the term Image Macro refers to any frequently used image, usually with text proclaiming "YOU SUCK AT THE INTERNET!" or something.

Hypernyms

• meme

Hyponyms

• lolcat

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Cantonese: 圖文 (tou4 man4) Mandarin: 圖文／图文 (zh) (:túwén) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kuvamakro French: please add this translation if you can German: Imagemacro n Japanese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• image macro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• macroimage