> there are also semes and phonemes and lexemes so meme i would say is more > of a contraction of meaning-eme. Dawkins has made it clear that "meme" is an allusion to "mimesis" as "gene" is an allusion to "genesis". Dawkins didn't invent the concept of mimesis, it being one that has been around for thousands of years. Although, despite what I said, it was Aristotle who was the principle proponent of mimesis. Martin