MEME is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for MEME in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "MEME" answer was first appeared in "20 Jan 2000" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Same, by the Seine". It was authored by Jeremy Thomas Paine. Recently, the "MEME" answer has been used for "13 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "1996’s “Dancing Baby” might have been the first one to go viral". It was authored by Benjamin Fink. "MEME" appeared 49 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "MEME" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2023 | 3D | 1996’s “Dancing Baby” might have been the first one to go viral | Benjamin Fink |
| 7 Oct 2023 | 11D | ___ stock (speculative investment) | Alex Vratsanos |
| 9 Aug 2023 | 58D | Internet ___ | Caryn Robbins and Matthew Stock |
| 26 May 2023 | 56A | Viral phenomenon | Hemant Mehta |
| 16 Mar 2023 | 1A | What Do You ___? (popular modern party game) | Rebecca Goldstein |
| 8 Mar 2023 | 66A | Phenomenon that may be dank or trending | Miranda Kany |
| 24 Dec 2022 | 28A | Constantly evolving social phenomenon | Trenton Charlson |
| 31 Oct 2022 | 1A | Viral internet joke, like “Grumpy Cat” | Emily Carroll |
| 5 Oct 2022 | 10A | Many a viral tweet | Jason Reich |
| 3 Aug 2022 | 10D | Something shared a lot online | Daniel Bodily |
| 10 Feb 2022 | 18A | Online fad | August Miller |
| 24 Dec 2021 | 15A | Something that gets passed around a lot | Evan Kalish |
| 27 Dec 2020 | 99A | Evil Kermit or Grumpy Cat | Daniel Grinberg |
| 27 Sep 2020 | 76A | Consuming Tide Pods, once, inexplicably | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 18 Aug 2020 | 55D | Grumpy Cat or Doge, e.g. | Olivia Mitra Framke |
| 4 Jun 2020 | 38A | Low-effort internet joke | Barbara Lin |
| 12 May 2020 | 55D | Something frequently reposted | Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 14 Feb 2020 | 36D | Social media phenomenon | Daniel Larsen |
| 23 Dec 2019 | 1D | Joke that goes viral on the internet | Timothy Polin |
| 24 May 2019 | 22D | Rickrolling or the Dancing Baby, e.g. | Stanley Newman |
| 29 Dec 2018 | 50D | One gets shared a lot | Robyn Weintraub |
| 25 Dec 2018 | 53D | Something that goes viral | Bruce Haight |
| 11 Nov 2018 | 72D | Internet sensation | Eric Berlin |
| 4 Nov 2018 | 48A | 2018’s debate over “Yanny or Laurel,” e.g. | Patrick Berry |
| 23 Jul 2018 | 10D | Idea that spreads popularly and widely | Todd Gross |
| 7 Jun 2018 | 64A | Much-reshared post on social media | Bruce Haight |
| 1 May 2017 | 12D | Bit of viral web content | Ed Sessa |
| 4 Jun 2016 | 56D | Ice Bucket Challenge, e.g. | Byron Walden and Brad Wilber |
| 26 Aug 2015 | 32D | Passing web fancy | Ian Livengood |
| 3 Jul 2015 | 46A | Many a Facebook repost | Brandon Hensley |
| 17 Apr 2015 | 58A | Repeatedly reposted item | Mary Lou Guizzo |
| 31 Mar 2015 | 40D | Something trending online | Gary Cee |
| 20 Dec 2014 | 47A | Lolcats, e.g. | Kevin G. Der and Ian Livengood |
| 6 Dec 2014 | 13D | Twitter trending topic, maybe | Josh Knapp |
| 16 Nov 2014 | 38A | Piano-playing cat, once | Andrew J. Ries |
| 6 May 2013 | 18A | Viral phenomenon | Joel Fagliano |
| 16 Oct 2012 | 4D | Idea that may spread via the Internet | Bill Thompson |
| 18 Jan 2012 | 45A | Viral phenomenon on the Web | Chris Handman |
| 8 Jan 2011 | 44A | Internet ___ | Will Nediger |
| 20 Oct 2010 | 64A | Internet ___ (viral phenomenon) | Finn Vigeland |
| 26 Sep 2010 | 118A | Same: Fr. | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| 13 Jan 2010 | 50A | Unit of cultural information | Kevan Choset |
| 14 Jun 2009 | 20A | Repetitive cry while waving a hand | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 16 Oct 2007 | 7D | Hand-waver’s cry | Michael Kaplan |
| 29 Oct 2006 | 61D | Attention-getting cry | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 May 2005 | 11D | Same: Fr. | Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin |
| 17 Aug 2003 | 102A | Repeated cry while waving a hand | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 3 Oct 2002 | 46A | Same: Fr. | Susan Harrington Smith |
| 20 Jan 2000 | 34A | Same, by the Seine | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
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