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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the domain name of the e-commerce platform Wish, because many poor-quality and counterfeit goods have been sold on it,[1][2][3] itself from wish + .com (created as an application that allowed shoppers to create wish lists of their favorite products before matching them with merchants).
Noun
[edit]- (attributive, Internet, slang, derogatory) Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.
- Synonyms: (Britain) BTEC, (US, Canada) dollar-store, poor man's, (Britain) Poundland, (Britain) pound-shop, (Britain) Tesco Value
- 2021 October 29, Ellie Jurmann, “Horror Movies for Bedtime Stories”, in Post, Providence, RI: Brown University, page 5:
- When I sit and watch Insidious, I cannot help but smile at the Wish.com version of Darth Maul whom I am supposed to tremble at the sight of.
- 2022, Mary Katherine Backstrom, Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down, unnumbered page:
- I feel like this concept is the Wish.com version of reincarnation.
- 2022, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, & Tom Salinsky, Best Pick: A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards, page 150:
- But ultimately, it's the Wish.com version of a David Lean epic, partway between a pound-shop Kwai and a half-decent episode of Columbo, […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wish.com.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wish faces criticism over suspected counterfeits", Digital Commerce 360, 17 July 2018
- ^ Alana Semuels, "The Problem With Buying Cheap Stuff Online", The Atlantic, 22 May 2018
- ^ Kali Hays, "Off-White Going After Fakes Being Sold on Wish.com With Lawsuit", Women's Wear Daily, 4 April 2018