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Etymology

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So where did the term originate? Who is it attributed to? I first heard it in 1981.

Sony

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Someone had a chip on their shoulder about Sony, especially the Playstation. I took out some vandalism. Also there was a reference to high speed internet in South Africa, without any discussion as to whether that was a market rate for the internet or not.

Other Definitions

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What about movies and things that take ideas from others and say it's original or that they have used it in some new way and haven't? That's a very common use, and I think it should be mentioned. Gopherbassist 09:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New York Lotto is the world's biggest ripoff. Only 40% of sales is paid back in prizes. 216.179.123.104 19:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alternate Meanings

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The article Video game clone links to here, but in its context, it means a copyright-infringing close-duplicate of a game. Uber-Awesomeness (talk) 14:41, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism and such

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I just laughed at the thing on first paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.127.92.131 (talk) 02:42, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]