me-too·ism (mē'tōō'iz-әm)
n.
1. The adopting of policies or practices similar or identical to those of a peer or competitor.
2. The making of a product, offering of a service, etc., that duplicates one that has become successful.
[1945-50, Amer.]
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Main Entry: no·men·cla·tor Pronunciation: nō'mən-klā́tər Function: noun Etymology: Latin, slave whose duty was to announce the names of persons met during a political campaign, from nomen + calare to call 1 : a book containing collections or lists of words 2 archaic : one who announces the names of guests or of persons generally 3 : one who gives names to or invents names for things
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