Meanings
plural memelords · alternative meme lord
- InternetA person known for creating or distributing memes (usually humorous material copied and circulated online).
Elon Musk: Memelord or Meme Lifter? [headline]
2021 May 7, Taylor Lorenz, “Elon Musk: Memelord or Meme Lifter?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN4 more examples
RYAN CHONG Editor & Journalist - Recipe A quirky student who likes food and bubbletea during the day but a punny memelord at night :)
2016 September, The Raven Review, page 3“Jesus,” Hannah said, “this memelord in my bio class keeps saying that. Is it from something?” “Oh, yeah, you've got to watch it,” Sebastian said.
2018, Riley Redgate, Final Draft, Abrams, →ISBNWhich is why it’s easy to understand the draw, particularly when it’s fed by an army of meme lords on Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram, promising that this is the next big opportunity in crypto.
2021 May 21, Nick Bilton, “Inside the Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of Shit Coins”, in Vanity FairYeah, this is what’s known as the Elon Musk memelord thesis, basically. And he is the uber memelord. And he can move things like Dogecoin just by tweeting.
2022 April 29, Ezra Klein, “Elon Musk Might Break Twitter. Maybe That’s a Good Thing.” (14:17 from the start), in The Ezra Klein Show (podcast), spoken by Felix Salmon
Origin
Translations
Arabic ملك الميمز, ملك الميمات
- ملك الميمز (malik al-mīmz)person
- ملك الميمات (malik al-mīmāt)person
Chinese Mandarin 迷因大師 /迷因大师
- 迷因大師 /迷因大师 (míyīn dàshén)person
Hindi मीम प्रभु, मीम देवी
- मीम प्रभु (mīm prabhu)person
- मीम देवी (mīm devī)person
Japanese ミーム職人
- ミーム職人 (mīmu shokunin)person
Cite this entry
memelord. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memelord
“memelord.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memelord. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “memelord,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memelord.
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