Metamemetic Theory

The study of the higher-order rules and conditions that govern which memes spread and how meme ecosystems evolve. It doesn't look at individual memes, but at the "physics" of the memetic environment: platform algorithms that boost outrage, cognitive biases that make us susceptible to certain ideas, network structures that accelerate virality, and the evolution of anti-memes (ideas designed to suppress other ideas). It’s the ecology and epidemiology of thought itself.

Example: A Metamemetic Theory analysis of a political election wouldn't focus on a specific campaign slogan (a meme). Instead, it would model how the algorithmic amplification of anger on social media creates a fitness landscape where simplistic, divisive memes outperform complex, nuanced ones, systematically shaping the entire informational environment in which the election occurs.

by Nammugal February 5, 2026

Metamaterialism

A sophisticated form of materialism that has incorporated its critics—a materialism that acknowledges the reality of consciousness, meaning, and experience while insisting they are ultimately material in some expanded sense. Metamaterialism doesn't reduce mind to neurons; it expands matter to include mind. It suggests that matter may be more complex, more strange, more capable than traditional materialism allowed—perhaps matter itself has experiential properties, or gives rise to genuinely novel phenomena that are still material in origin if not in character. It's materialism that has learned from its critics and grown.

Metamaterialism "I used to be a simple materialist: everything is particles. Then I studied consciousness and realized particles don't explain experience. Now I'm a Metamaterialist: matter is richer than we thought, capable of generating mind, meaning, maybe even spirit. Not abandoning materialism—expanding it."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026

MILAMITY

An event or instance where you come in contact with a delusional, perpetual liar.

The time I spent around Jeremy has led to this milamity.

by JargonWise February 14, 2025

miamoon

Banana slices topped with peanut butter and jelly, each spread separately, then stacked together to form a sandwich and eaten.

She asked her mom to make her a miamoon on a plate for a snack.

by AubreyCa February 24, 2025

metamorphaeurphraist irony

When an author uses irony to contradict two different ideas

In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald employs metamorphaeurphraist irony in the quote: "Cant repeat the past... Of course you can!"

by jiangjiangism March 23, 2025

Miami Espresso

When espresso is poured over a marshmallow to mimic a Cuban Espresso.

Also known as the Miami Espresso, Florida Cuban Coffee, a Café Balsero or Castro’s Gator Meth

That barista girl wouldn’t serve me a Miami Espresso cuz I ain’t had no shoes on, well, that and I gave her and her mom the clap last Tuesday

by Mt.Uranus April 11, 2025

Miami girls' trip

The doomed stereotypical trip that a group of girlfriends takes to Miami. Factors like the stress of planning/travel, forced proximity, and finances cause tensions to rise, often resulting in some kind of fight. The friend group is irreparably damaged upon returning home.

Any ill-fated trip by a friend group can embody the Miami girls' trip. The friends do not have to be girls and the destination does not have to be Miami. If the group trip ruined your friendships, you've had the MGT experience.

Things were never the same between them after the Miami girls' trip.

by Meradeet April 24, 2025