Wish.com
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Wish.com
Where it comes from
From the domain name of the e-commerce platform Wish, because many poor-quality and counterfeit goods have been sold on it, itself from wish + .com (created as an application that allowed shoppers to create wish lists of their favorite products before matching them with merchants).
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Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.
When I sit and watch Insidious, I cannot help but smile at the Wish.com version of Darth Maul whom I am supposed to tremble at the sight of.
Similar: BTEC, dollar-store, Netflix adaptation, poor man's, Poundland, pound-shop, Temu, Tesco Value
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noun used to denote something considered to be low-quality or an inferior copy
| Deutsch | wie auf Wish bestellt |
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Talk about this word "Wish.com." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wish.com. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Wish.com. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wish.com "Wish.com." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wish.com.Cite this
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title = {Wish.com},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wish.com},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
