In July, 2013, when I wrote ‘Positivity Memidemic‘, memes were not what they are today. The growth of the use of this word, meme, has made the idea of a new word, memidemic, even more relevant.

The definition I created in that post was a little off the mark:

mem·i·dem·ic

Noun ~ A widespread occurrence of a good idea in a community at a particular time: “a passion memidemic”.

Adjective ~ Of, relating to, or of the nature of a memidemic. Synonyms

I think I missed the point in my definition because it is the spreading of positive ideas, images, and videos that needs a new word to describe what’s happening.

The problem of not having a word like this lies in the current words we use to describe these positive events happening: Viral and Epidemic.

Both of these have very negative connotations to them. We don’t want viruses or epidemics to spread, but  we do want positive memes to spread.

When something positive goes memidemic, it is spreading, and we want it to spread. We want to share the joy of it spreading. We want to see it shared, re-shared, and enjoyed. The word ‘viral’ doesn’t suggest that.

So the next time you see something adorable, inspiring, heart-warming, or wholesomely entertaining that is spreading and being shared, tell people that it’s going memidemic!

We want to see good memes about Greta Thunberg spread memidemically!