in 2021, Indian congressman Shashi Tharoor became a meme when he was seen smashing what tropical fruit on the ground? It was the subject of a novelty hit for Nilsson in 1971.

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.