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Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by lotsofpulp on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:08PM (#26836501)
FYI, “knock offs” has the same meaning as counterfeit. Target sells “generics” under their Up+Up brands.
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Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by basch on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:36PM (#26838801)
knockoff means imitation https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knockoff https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/knockof...
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Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by lotsofpulp on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:13PM (#26839144)
I’ve never seen it used in a context other than trying to pass an item off as something else. I would be surprised to hear someone refer to a generic version of something as a knockoff.
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Re:U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crac... by jen20 on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:10PM (#26839605)
That's a fairly common usage in British English.
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