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- verb Present participle of
copycat .
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Examples
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All your copycatting shows is that the facts and evidence I cite and my arguments debunking Republican ideology and "logic" scare the bejesus out of you GOPers, because you know I'm right and you want nothing more than to put silly nonsense in my mouth to discredit me. bob in LA
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In between trade shows, people talk about how there's too much copycatting and franchise exploitation.
No Winners, No Losers SVGL 2009
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Another is that the big media such as USAToday aren't trying to meet a real need or build an audience, but are just copycatting (Digg et al).
Websites Maxine 2009
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I also discovered that in other countries where they spoke English like the U.K. or Australia there was a common tendency toward copycatting American Rap.
George Heymont: Stepping on a Rhyme, Stopping on a Dime George Heymont 2011
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Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler — certainly bigger names than Kara DioBlahBlahBlah and far more versed in music-biz bidness than Ellen — brought energy and actual industry savvy to the auditions without copycatting any of their predecessors.
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Dr Dietz suggested the media coverage had created an epidemic of copycatting.
Johann Hari: Does the Media Help Pull the Trigger in Mass Shootings? 2010
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I like the editing at 2:52, you get the Ben Hur moving truck passing them, then a van parked in the bike lane to a shot of the copycatting moving truck parked in the bike lane.
Warming the Cockles: Living, Breathing, Shopping BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Jimmy P I agree with you the people voting in Obama either don't care how inexperienced he is they just want CHANGE, or they are to dumb to know that Obama doesn't really have a stand on any issues other than copycatting Clintons positions.
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But the thing is, Lucas (and his team) put a considerable amount of more imagination -- and, for a while, heart -- into the process; mixing flat-out Flash Gordon copycatting with New Age goo proved revolutionary indeed, and continues to astound the youngsters.
Gregory Weinkauf: Avatar: Why Cameron's Flick Kinda Actually Sucks 2010
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Dr Dietz suggested the media coverage had created an epidemic of copycatting.
Johann Hari: Does the Media Help Pull the Trigger in Mass Shootings? 2010
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