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I'm not sure what you mean by a memetic emotion, but as I understand the phrase, they're quite common. They're a lot of why people go to sporting events and concerts-- they want to be caught up in a group emotion.
I think that EY is claiming that there are only so many hormones and neurotransmitters, and that they are all "built in" by evolution. You seem to be claiming that we (memetically) learn to trigger these emotions using novel stimuli.
But as to EY's claim: Is Viagra a memetic emotion? Cocaine? Zoloft? Ethanol? Sniffed glue?