VirianLexicon:millennialmeme

Millennial Meme

Any of several epidemic memes which predicted catastrophic events for the year 2000, including the battle of Armageddon, the Rapture, the thousand-year reign of Jesus, etc. The "Imminent New Age" meme is simply a pan-denominational version of this.

See also: Endmeme

Last edited on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:02:41 am.