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From: novak@wri.com (John M. Novak)
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Subject: Re: ...plus c'est la meme chose
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In article <Jun.12.12.20.06.1991.6115@planchet.rutgers.edu> 
71450.1773@compuserve.com (Steven B. Harris) writes:
> lessons are memeberships.  Some meme complexes, like jokes, puns,
> stories, jingles, poems, aphorisms, etc., are highly infective
> without being very complex.  Perhaps these deserve a special
> word, but I haven't been able to come up with one.

mirus? ---> memetic virus
Highly infective without being very complex...:-)

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John Novak    novak@wri.com

[or, if you like fancy spelling, how about "mnemophage"?  --JoSH]