Meme: jQuery
Originator: Unknown (possibly Ólafur WaageÓlafur Waage)
Cultural Height: TBD
Background: A Stack Overflow-centric meme, jQuery began its career early on as the answer to beat for any question that even remotely referenced JavaScript. Its popularity became so great that eventually jQuery became the default answer to any potential question on Stack Overflow no matter how ridiculous.
Usage: "Hey, I see you are trying to connect to that Oracle database using C++. You should totally drop that and try jQuery."
See Also: GreasemonkeyGreasemonkey (Meta Stack Overflow equivalent)