English Explanatory Dictionary

Wish.com

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Wish dot com.wav

Word forms

Wish.com

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

BTEC dollar-store Netflix adaptation poor man's Poundland pound-shop Temu Tesco Value
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