If you can, get access to czds.icann.org and look over the zone files for .ing and .meme.
No one is registering domains for anything other than trademark protection and speculative squatting.
A lot of money spent for nothing.
> trash.ing
> Your domain is available!
> Premium name
> 1,625.00 USD
`sell.ing` is available for the princely sum of €103,510.57
Unfortunately, noth.ing appears to be taken.
The requests are mostly automatically approved but there are some outliers who take weeks to approve or will reject the request without more info like faxing an ID.
Requests for all these new TLDs sponsored by Google seem to be approved instantly for what it's worth.
Is there a problem i'm not seeing?
At least if you manage to snag a .com/.net/etc, you'll have low yearly renewal fees.