John Hansen wrote:
> I saw reference to a word that meant: I have restated the concept as
> best I can: "a phrase or idea that becomes
> commonly understood by a group who had not actually experience the
> original idea." . The example given was "Get out of Dodge". This
> phrase is derived from old
> American westerns. Young US soldiers in Iraq us it with full
> understanding but never saw the original source.
>
> Now I can't remember the short 3 or 4 letter word to describe the
> phrase / phenomena.
meme?
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John Dean
Oxford
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