Define Skeuomorphic Meaning

Skeuomorphic
skeu·o·morph

an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.

Apple designs their phones as skeuomorphic
By Karlie
Memetic Skeuomorph
Aesthetic contra-reference that contains decidable information.

An augmented-reality attribute in hyper-reality that serves a functional purpose.

A virtual attribute made of a functional (homoiconic) computer language.

Contains attributes of aesthetic self-reference.

Direct technological precursor to conscious self-reference.

Memetic skeuomorphs contra-referential, recursive, and functional.
By Marjorie
Ironic Skeuomorph
A skeumorph that is self-functional.

Self-function begins as meta-representation (juxtaposition) and ends as representation (self-reference).

A medium for conveying irony.

Including but not limited to vignettes, books, television, GIF's, and memes.

An ironic skeuomorph is self-referencing to the point of being a medium-in-itself.
By Carena