image macro

English

An example of an image macro.

Noun

image macro (plural image macros)

1. (Internet) An image with superimposed text, often humorous.
   • 2001 August 25, anotherone, “Something Awful forums FAQ By anotherone”, in http://anotherone0.tripod.com/‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 August 2001:

     What were the various image macros? ... [img-foo]: See Image Macro. A list of official [img-foo]s are above, but any common image that's used often can replace foo. [img-motorcycle.jpg] for instance.

   • 2001 September 25, Guest, “Meddling kids!”, in 3D Realms Forums‎^[2], archived from the original on 7 February 2007:

     That would make such a good image macro, could i use it sometime?

   • 2001 October 22, <deleted user>, “Ill advised image macros never intended for use”, in Something Awful Forums‎^[3], retrieved 2013-09-11:

     Ill advised image macros never intended for use

   • 2002 February 22, anotherone, “Something Awful forums FAQ By anotherone”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[4], archived from the original on 25 August 2001:

     Now, the term Image Macro refers to any frequently used image, usually with text proclaiming "YOU SUCK AT THE INTERNET!" or something.

Hypernyms

• meme

Hyponyms

• lolcat

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 圖文／图文 (tou⁴ man⁴)

  Mandarin: 圖文／图文 (zh) (:túwén)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kuvamakro
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Imagemacro n
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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Further reading

• image macro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• macroimage