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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Wait until you learn a second language and start learning town names in a new country. Here we have such amazing town names like “The Eyebrow” and “Camp”.

(I just chose the silliest ones I know, there are normal town names too)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

There's a city in Ukraine named, literally, "The Curved Horn" (Кривий Ріг)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, towns where i live are literally translated to boytown and lame crap like that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Try "settlement"

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