memester

memester

English

Etymology

meme +‎ -ster

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: mēmstər, IPA^(key): /mimstɚ/

Noun

memester (plural memesters)

1. A person who creates or enjoys memes, especially Internet ones.
   • 1996, Douglas Rushkoff, quoted on the praise page, in Media Virus!: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture, Ballantine Books (1996; originally published 1995), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     He introduces such colorful and potentially significant groups as the Immediast Underground, Paper Tiger TV, and the merry 'memesters' who have taken the media revolution to the neurons of the worldbrain.

   • 2011, Cole Stryker, Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web, The Overlook Press (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     The conflict between the memesters and the creators of the source material ended with the creators throwing up their hands in defeat. It was simply impossible for YouTube to keep the stuff down.

   • 2011, Erin McKean, "Let’s go owling!", The Boston Globe, 30 October 2011:

     Not all these photo pranks are as simple as planking: In stocking, memesters choose a banal stock photo and try to re-create it as faithfully as possible.