Mem

Funnily enough, when I first came here I was constantly called "Mem" - the term used to address a white woman akin to the Indian Mem Sahib, and I was even more uncomfortable with that, as it smacked of all the things wrong with imperialism.

Is it so strange that I speak the language of the country I live in? Glenda Larke 2008

"Mem" as in "member" sounds so much better and natural and just.

Bob Wright and Jonah Goldberg on the memes about Obama's rhetoric. Ann Althouse 2008

'It must have been sad for a "Mem" or a "Thakin Ingalay" to lose him.'

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

What interested him was to estimate how many bricks there were in "Mem" and how many more there might have been if it had been built a story higher.

Galusha the Magnificent Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

"By the goodness of the Captain Sahib's heart my house is honoured beyond deserving," the man gave them greeting as they crossed the threshold, while Fatma Bibi's eyes rested in frank curiosity upon the exceeding whiteness and simplicity of the English "Mem," whose appearance was so direct a contrast to her own.

Captain Desmond, V.C. Maud Diver 1906

Thomas A'Kempis lay open, "Mem," said the girl, "I used to read that old book in the convent; but it is a better book to live upon than to die upon."

Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) Alexander Whyte 1878

"Mem," interrupted Malcolm, turning right round and drawing himself up in anger, "priv '' at I 'm your son, an' that meenute I speir at you wha was my father."

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

'Mem' let's us watch while a meme gets planted into an ovum.

CGArena - Get Attention in the Computer Graphics Community 2010

M. d’Anville, in Mem. de l’Academie, tom. xxx.] 39 Tacit.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

"Mem," he said, in a course of conversation, "how could you write such unkind things about my father?

Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China 1918