sottocopying

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