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A meme built entirely out of references to other memes, or a meme nested inside another meme's structure, playing on the layered-dream concept from the film Inception.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"That post is memeception, it's a meme about the format of making memes about memes."
LORE & ORIGIN
Coined shortly after Inception's 2010 release as a punning label for self-referential, layered meme construction, becoming standard shorthand for meme-about-memes content.
FIRST SEEN
2010
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Meme Grammar Revival)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Meme OverloadMeme Mutation
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
↑ HIGH RISING FAST · LOW
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ MEME PRODUCTION ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
2010
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