Wish.com en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
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).
Meanings
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(Internet, attributive, derogatory, slang) 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.
2021 October 29, Ellie Jurmann, “Horror Movies for Bedtime Stories”, in Post, Providence, RI: Brown University, page 5:But ultimately, it's the Wish.com version of a David Lean epic, partway between a pound-shop Kwai and a half-decent episode of Columbo, […]
2022, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, & Tom Salinsky, Best Pick: A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards, page 150I feel like this concept is the Wish.com version of reincarnation.
2022, Mary Katherine Backstrom, Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down, unnumbered page:
Synonyms
Netflix adaptation · Poundland · Tesco Value · poor man's · pound-shop · dollar-store · BTEC · Temu
Translations (2)
hu wishes (used to denote something considered to be low-quality or an inferior copy) · de wie auf Wish bestellt (used to denote something considered to be low-quality or an inferior copy)