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  • adjective copied and passed off as your own

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Examples

  • It was after reading Timoshenko's autobiography that I changed my mind and in true "plagiaristic" spirit I adopted his title for the present talk - "As I Remember".

    iMechanica - Comments 2009

  • Congruent not just thematically (both characters sing of love fated to die) but musically — Fleming admitted that placing them on opposite sides of the Strauss was, in part, to ameliorate their self-plagiaristic similarity — the arias, and the performances, exemplified the Romantic happy-sad conundrum of reveling in the fullness of sorrowful emotion.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • Congruent not just thematically (both characters sing of love fated to die) but musically — Fleming admitted that placing them on opposite sides of the Strauss was, in part, to ameliorate their self-plagiaristic similarity — the arias, and the performances, exemplified the Romantic happy-sad conundrum of reveling in the fullness of sorrowful emotion.

    To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • The satirical bite of the mashups is directed at what has been seen as the highly derivative, if not outright plagiaristic, nature of "Avatar" 's plot, characters, themes; themes that do, in many ways, seem like sci-fi updatings of the ones you find in "Pocahontas."

    'Avatar's' Debt To 'The Wizard Of Oz' 2010

  • The satirical bite of the mashups is directed at what has been seen as the highly derivative, if not outright plagiaristic, nature of "Avatar" 's plot, characters, themes; themes that do, in many ways, seem like sci-fi updatings of the ones you find in "Pocahontas."

    'Avatar's' Debt To 'The Wizard Of Oz' 2010

  • These usurping hopefuls don't even have enough respect to pick a different night for their plagiaristic activities.

    Friday Night Man Flesh 2008

  • Despite the name, there is no plagiaristic aspect to a swipe file.

    The Secret of Writing Funny | Write to Done 2008

  • - Hiring discredited Mike Freeman, a plagiaristic sports columnist.

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • Show the gay-hating ricin idiot that it takes a lot more than partially plagiaristic death threat letters to quiet the capitol hill bar scene on a weekend. capitolhillpubcrawl

    weekend agenda : homeless, bikes, crawl, hump | Seattle Metblogs 2009

  • Unless “plagiaristic grievance-mongering” actually IS a requirement for tenure, in which case — goodjob.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Ward Churchill Denied Reinstatement: 2009

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