"advice animal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: advice animals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} advice animal (plural advice animals)
  1. (Internet, mainly in the plural) A photograph of an animal or human captioned with quotations typical of a stereotype or stock character. The background of the original image is often replaced with a colour wheel. Tags: Internet, in-plural, mainly Categories (topical): Internet, Internet memes Synonyms: Advice Animal

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          "ref": "2009 July 17, Richie McNuggets, A list of Memes yet to be submitted., Know Your Meme",
          "text": "— Mixing advice animals i.e. half a courage wolf quote with half an emo dog one. theres a ton of these."
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