Susan Bin started a meme account last year after watching the papal film “Conclave.” Then the real thing happened. By Madison Malone Kircher How did you learn a new pope had been elected?

The Italian Brainrot takes its cue from the Anglo-Saxon-derived English idiom "brain rot." Literally, it can be translated as "rotting brain" or "brain decay." But in internet parlance, it is used ...

As the calendar flips from April to May this week, social media users will likely see "It's gonna be May" memes featuring musician Justin Timberlake. The meme stems from NSYNC's 2000 smash hit "It ...

Yup. Her "We're not talking about this" has become a meme, with people screenshotting the moment from the interview that aired on Sunday and using it for all kinds of jokes and situations ...

On Saturday our Video Producer Kyle Calise explores the origins and history of the most iconic memes online in his “Meme History” column. If you want to read columns like this a day before ...

Gayle King has seen the memes about the face she made before going to space — and she says everybody was absolutely right about how she was feeling. “I’m hearing I’ve become a meme because ...

What Is The “Chicken Jockey” Meme? When Steve says “chicken jockey,” a reference straight out of the top-selling video game ever, theatergoers yell it back and erupt into applause ...

“I am become meme,” declared Elon Musk at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference, just after hoisting a chainsaw – a gift from Argentina’s president, Javier Milei – above his hea ...

A viral meme shows Vice President JD Vance applying Cheetos dust on Donald Trump's face, sparking online jokes. Inspired by The New Yorker’s satire, it humorously combines Trump’s complexion ...

People with a healthy limit on their screen time probably haven’t noticed—but there’s been a meme shortage this March. On TikTok, some have declared a full-blown “Meme Drought,” dubbing ...

A new study examining meme creation found that AI-generated meme captions on existing famous meme images scored higher on average for humor, creativity, and "shareability" than those made by people.

The eventual explanation didn't turn out to be amusing, but coping with uncertainty using humorous posts called “memes” may not be a bad thing. Meme History In modern internet parlance ...