Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trumpet.
- To sound a trumpet.
- To summon with a trumpet.
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- verb intransitive, obsolete To
sound atrumpet . - noun obsolete
Trumpet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Like a rumor, a beme is a bit of useful information that rewards each person who passes it along.
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A beme is a turbo-charged meme made possible entirely by the existence of the network effect.
Tom Hayes on "Bemes" William Harryman 2007
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Now Tom Hayes claims to be responsible for the introduction of the word/concept "beme":
Tom Hayes on "Bemes" William Harryman 2007
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Arguing for the Obama bill will be [X] Arguing against the bill will beme.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Debate on constitutionality of Obamacare 2010
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The River Temoc, In Winter: Arguing for the Obama bill will be [X] Arguing against the bill will beme.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Debate on constitutionality of Obamacare 2010
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The River Temoc, In Winter: Arguing for the Obama bill will be X Arguing against the bill will beme.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Debate on constitutionality of Obamacare 2010
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I have money so I can always have people, but they can't beme, think likeme, these nights when I can't sleep, when I have Pietro, my gondolier, take me outside, out there, floating the canals, listening to the moon crackle ... or sitting here and thinking about my death-day.
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Arguing for the Obama bill will be X Arguing against the bill will beme.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Debate on constitutionality of Obamacare 2010
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Let me assure you, at this moment you really, really do not want to beme.
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There, usage is more mixed, and I see no reason to move the punctuation — plus I am personally annoyed when it is moved, though that might just beme.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Commas and Periods — Inside Closing Quotation Marks or Outside Them? 2009
whichbe commented on the word beme
1. (obs.) n. a trumpet
2. (obs.) v. to blow on a trumpet; to trumpet or din; to summon by trumpet
September 1, 2008