flintlocke314's definitions

Fleeting Demographic Rule

1. A gimmick or storyline may be reused freely and safely after a few years of dormancy.

2. The unwritten rule that, after a given number of years, there has been enough turnover in the fanbase that a writer can re-use the same gimmicks and storylines with impunity.

The fleeting demographic rule allows YouTubers to reuse jokes and catchphrases after they have become repetitive.

by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018

Group Contagion

Certain ideas or attributes of a subject are eventually spread to others in the group.

Group Contagion effect is a result of Syndrome E.

Group Contagion effect can be seen in Germany during the 3rd Riech under Hitler's rule.

by flintlocke314 September 24, 2018

Phlebotinum

A versatile substance that may be applied to anything in order to cause an effect needed by a plot.

Kryptonite is considered a phlebotinum device as it is invariably used to paralyze Superman in DCU comic plots.

by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018

Discredited Meme

1. Any meme that has fallen out of favor with pop culture, or at least the segment it was popular in.

2. A Catch-Phrase that was repeated too much.

The Ugandan knuckles meme is a discredited meme.

by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018

Hypocritical Humor

When used in referencing a meme, someone will complain about a meme, but in the form of the meme.

Hypocritical Humor is a type of gag in which a character's actions or words contradict each other in a humorous manner.

by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018

Memology

"Memology" refers to the study of how "memes," or new ideas and trends, spread.

The word memology was used in a Facebook marketing campaign.

by flintlocke314 September 20, 2018

Ascended Meme

Sometimes a meme about a work, that wasn't originally included in the original, attracts the attention of the author responsible for that artwork, and the original author decides to actually include it in their future artwork.

One webcomic that made new comedy out of old Garfield strips by removing the title character so it seemed that Jon was a lonely delusional weirdo, was made into a book actually endorsed by writer Jim Davis, too, and complete with several Garfield Minus Garfield actually made by Davis himself. This is an excellent example of an ascended meme.

by flintlocke314 September 11, 2018