What does periodt mean?

Periodt (or Period’t) is a term that is the purposely misspelled version of the phrase “period”. With the addition of an excess “t”, it is used to caricature both certain female behaviors and/or a specific type of female Afro-American dialect.

What does Peridot mean on Twitter?

Periodt, or Period't, is a purposely misspelled variation on the word "period," which means to conclude one's thought. The extra "T" is used to both add emphasis as well as mimic certain speech patterns and/or accents. Frequently found in Black Twitter online communities, the word is commonly used in the expression "and that's on peridot."

What is a meme?

Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines a meme as “a concept, belief, or practice conceived as a unit of cultural information that may be passed on from person to person, subject to influences in a way analogous to natural selection.” Like many words in the English language, the word “meme” has undergone a semantic shift over time.

How long have memes been around?

Memes have been around since long before the internet existed. In fact, they have been around since before Dawkins coined the term, showing up as early as 79 AD in a Pompeii ruin and as late as the 1970s, in graffiti. The Sator Square is a palindrome of the five words “SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS”—one on top of the next.