1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 (click on line/label for focus) 0.0000000% 0.0000100% 0.0000200% 0.0000300% 0.0000400% 0.0000500% 0.0000600% meme

Google Books Ngram Viewer1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 (click on line/label for focus) 0.000000% 0.000020% 0.000040% 0.000060% 0.000080% 0.000100% …

1500 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 (click on line/label for focus) 0.000000% 0.000050% 0.000100% 0.000150% 0.000200% 0.000250% 0.000300% 0.000350% 0.000400% meme

Google Ngrams: Meme+Meme+meme, 1800-2008

Google Ngrams: meme, 1800-2019

1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 (click on line/label for focus) 0.0000000% 0.0000100% 0.0000200% 0.0000300% 0.0000400% 0.0000500% 0.0000600% …

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Google Ngrams: homepage, 1500-2022

Google Ngrams: English, 1500-2022

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