Even SNL spoofed an early 2022 meme about the 'Sesame Street' feud between Elmo and a pet rock of Zoe's with what apt Italian name?

The term meme was introduced in 1976 by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (author of "The God Delusion"). He conceived of memes as the cultural parallel to biological genes and considered them as being in control of their own reproduction.