随着1972年“水门事件”的披露,“watergate”一词迅速流行起来,成为美国社会最为活跃的词语之一。本文以“watergate”这一语言现象为例,从模因和模因论角度分析该词的复制与流行过程,以及在中国“X门”的传播效果,揭示了语言发展变化的规律,对于研究新词语的产生、语言发展和应用有着重要启示和作用。 With the Disclosure of “Watergate” in 1972, the word “watergate” quickly became popular and became one of the most active terms in American society. Taking the linguistic phenomenon “watergate ” as an example, this paper analyzes the reproduction and prevalence of the word from the perspective of memes and memetics and the dissemination of the word “X Men” in China, revealing the changes in language development The law plays an important role in studying the production of new words, language development and application.