Talk:made in China
Citations for the non-literal senses would be good. Equinox ◑ 22:10, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
RfV February 2013
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"(idiomatic) Of poor or low quality." Needs citations that do not primarily fall under the other two senses, viz. "Cheaply manufactured in East Asia" and "Manufactured in the People's Republic of China". Equinox ◑ 18:42, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
- One cite comes up at google books:"look like they're made in China" which subsequently explains itself in the next sentence in such a way that I think it counts. google books:"crappy made in China" and google books:"crap made in China" seem to rather fruitful collocations of this sense. Clearly, the writers don't care about where the plastic crap was actually made when they say that. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 05:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
- Based on those citations, I've combined to two non-literal senses. — This comment was unsigned.
How did this RFV succeed when there are still zero citations? Equinox ◑ 23:59, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
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RFV for the sense "Cheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, especially if made in East Asia" that are clearly independent of the sense "manufactured in the People's Republic of China" (e.g. a Vietnamese product is said to be "made in China").--Tibidibi (talk) 22:28, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
- Supposedly passed RFV before but there are no citations. Equinox ◑ 09:38, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
- cited Kiwima (talk) 23:08, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
- Some look good; others could just mean literally made in the country of China. Equinox ◑ 23:10, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 01:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)