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sottocopy

sottocopy verb: to plagiarize.

Verb

sottocopy (third-person singular simple present sottocopies, present participle sottocopying, simple past and past participle sottocopied)

  1. (Philippines, neologism) to plagiarize
    • But pooh-poohed wrongs don’t make a right. The people knew better. Student groups issued statements of protest. A petition signed by more than 30,000 Filipinos demanded Sotto’s resignation. Tweets and Internet memes mocked his arrogant sense of impunity, ensuring that “sottocopy” and “sinotto” will...2012 November 9, Miguel Syjuco, “Something new to Sottocopy”, in Rappler

Forms of sottocopy

third-person singular presentsottocopies
present participlesottocopying
past participlesottocopied
pastsottocopied

Origin of sottocopy

From Sotto + copy. After Tito Sotto.

Questions about sottocopy

What does sottocopy mean?
Sottocopy means to plagiarize.
What part of speech is sottocopy?
Sottocopy is a verb.
What is the past tense of sottocopy?
The past tense of sottocopy is sottocopied.

Words near sottocopy in the dictionary

  1. sotto
  2. sotto voce
  3. sotto voci
  4. sottocopied
  5. sottocopies
  6. sottocopy
  7. sottocopying
  8. Sottogate
  9. Sottos
  10. SOTU
  11. Sotuknang

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