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meme

2023年02月06日 | 英単語
Reader's Digest 11月号の単語クイズ 'WORD POWER' から取り上げる3問目です。

meme (n.)

A. personal blog
B. humorous graphic
C. notification bell

質問は上記A.B.Cの3択です。
昨日の問題 "troll" の正解はCで、例文は After being harassed by trolls, the singer deleted her instagram account.

・Oxford English Dictionary: a message to a discussion group on the internet that somebody deliberately sends to make other people angry; a person who sends a message like this
・Collins Dictionary: If you troll someone, you deliberately try to upset them or start an argument with them, especially by posting offensive or unkind things on the internet.: Instead of picking fights on the street they are at home, trolling people on the internet.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a message that someone leaves on the internet that is intended to annoy people: A well-constructed troll will provoke irate or confused responses from flamers and newbies.
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