单词 | me-too |
释义 | me-toon.adj. colloquial. Originally U.S. A. n. 1. A person who imitates others; a copycat. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > one who or that which imitates followera1398 imitator1523 counterfeiter1526 counterfeitress1577 ape1594 imitatrix1606 emulator1652 figurer1665 mime1677 copier1679 copist1682 mimicker1693 copyist1756 mimic1791 polygraph1794 polygraphic1797 polygrapher1810 echoer1823 imitatressa1834 me-too1886 copycat1896 1886 Marion (Ohio) Weekly Star 13 Mar. 3/2 The father is a drunken weakling, who trembles at the commands of his drunken and brutal wife... Yesterday the old bear and her ‘me-too’ got drunk and drove the little children out of doors. c1950 Wisconsin Eng. Lang. Surv. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 578/1 (Someone who always imitates other people) 2 Infs,..A me-too. 2. = me-tooism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acquiescence > [noun] > in views or policies of another me-tooism1883 me-too1960 1960 New Left Rev. Jan. 1/2 The champions of ‘me-too’ advance into..an ‘American’ future. B. adj. 1. Designating or relating to the adoption or imitation of another's views, policies, etc., often (frequently depreciative) for political or other advantage.The early quots. refer to the ‘“Me-Too” episode of 1881’, in which Thomas Platt, a protégé of New York political boss Roscoe Conkling, dutifully followed his mentor by resigning from the Senate over a dispute with President Garfield. When Platt and Conkling were not re-elected to the Senate as they had expected, Platt was derided with the nickname ‘Me Too Platt’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company capitalless1837 merged1839 multinational1854 co-op1872 acquiring1880 syndicated1889 trustified1890 bottom-heavy1895 prospectusless1898 wholly-owned1906 semi-pro1908 not-for-profit1913 blue chip1924 mature1928 geared1930 liquid1930 footloose1939 monoline1958 boutique1968 greenfield1969 me-too1976 semi-professional1976 demerged1980 unbundled1980 multidomestic1982 unorganized1986 1881 Evening Gaz. (Port Jervis, N.Y.) 8 June 1 Result of the balloting at Albany to-day noon—Depew scores 51, while ‘Me Too’ Platt remains at the regular 29.] 1886 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illiniois) 27 Apr. Some of the New York papers are giving considerable space to Senator Cullom, stating that he is no ‘me-too’ senator, but an independent force within himself. 1923 Polit. Sci. Q. 38 445 Following the famous ‘Me-Too’ episode of 1881..he put in sixteen years of hard, gruelling work in order to secure a reelection to the United States Senate. 1951 Economist 10 Nov. 1109/1 He is against any ‘Me Too’ procedures, by which he means opposition acceptance of Administration policy at home or abroad. 1976 S9 (N.Y.) May–June 109 (advt.) Radio Shack is not a ‘me too’ company with the same line carried by other shops in town. 1993 Canad. Business Mar. 66/2 MDS hasn't won its reputation by playing it safe. ‘We don't do anything that's me-too,’ says Rygiel. ‘We're looking for major changes in the way things are done in health care.’ 2. Of a drug or other manufactured product: differing from a preexisting commercially successful product only enough to avoid patent infringement; exhibiting little or no improvement in efficacy or performance in comparison with a prexisting product. Also: of, relating to, or manufacturing such products. ΚΠ 1957 Hospital Progr. Sept. 124/2 Among these ‘me-too’ drugs may be found imitations, instead of duplications. These drugs are produced by ‘Fly-by-night’ companies whose big sales argument is difference in price. 1959 L. S. Goodman in J. O. Cole & R. W. Gerard Psychopharmacology: Probl. in Eval. 589 The problem of the introduction of ‘me too’ drugs, that is, drugs without signal advantages of any sort. 1967 Rep. Comm. Enq. Pharmaceut. Industry vi. 58 in Parl. Papers 1966–7 (Cmnd. 3410) XLV. 687 The imitation of existing products by the minimum of molecular manipulation required to circumvent patents has clearly proved profitable and the number of ‘me-too’ products that follow a new therapeutic fashion shows that it is widely used. 1984 Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Jan. 60/3 We will introduce new products..and not just take a ‘me too’ approach. 2012 H. A. Washington Deadly Monopolies ii. 62 Most drugs that appear on the U.S. market today are slightly modified versions of existing drugs, popularly called ‘me too’ or ‘copycat’ drugs. 3. Designating a global advocacy movement that seeks to expose and prevent sexual harassment and assault, esp. against women, by raising awareness and holding perpetrators to account publicly. Also: of or relating to this movement. Chiefly in form #MeToo.Apparently first used in 2006 on social media platform myspace.com by American activist Tarana Burke, founder of Just Be Inc. (see quot. 2008). Now often with capital initials and preceded by a hashtag, reflecting its widespread use as a topic on social media (originally in response to a post on Twitter by the actor Alyssa Milano). 2017 @Alyssa_Milano 15 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 2 Sept. 2020) If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. ΚΠ 2008 www.justbeinc.org (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 2 Dec. 2008) The me too movement. Everyone, particularly every woman, knows someone whose life has been affected by sexual abuse, assault or exploitation. 2018 @Fashionopolis 12 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 2 Sept. 2020) So much respect for all the women who are speaking up and naming their abuser. It takes great courage to come out with your own #MeToo story. Stay strong. #MeTooIndia. 2020 Financial Times (Nexis) 28 July 15 A new wave of #MeToo allegations is flooding social media as sexual predators are named and shamed by victims from Russia to Australia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). me-toov. colloquial (frequently depreciative). Originally U.S. 1. transitive. To acquiesce in, adopt, or imitate (a view or policy, esp. one proposed by one's political or other opponents); to adopt or imitate the views of (a person or party) (rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acquiescence > acquiesce [verb (transitive)] > in the views or policies of another me-too1940 1940 H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1954) III. 312 I think that Willkie overlooked the best chance that he had by being content merely to ‘me too’ the President on his foreign policies and most of his domestic ones instead of striking out for himself in a bold and positive way. 1949 Time 7 Feb. 10/3 We [sc. the Republicans] suffered because we tried to me-too the New Deal. 1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 May 3 If General Eisenhower gets the Republican nomination he will have to risk the shame of me-tooing the Truman policy. 1993 USA Weekend 31 Jan. e2/5 If Republicans ‘me too’ Democrats on the social issues, then why have a Republican Party at all? 2. intransitive. To acquiesce in or adopt a view or policy, esp. one held by a rival; to ‘jump on a bandwagon’. ΚΠ 1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill i. 18 Sam gets round to saying it on the floor a week later, and he's me-tooing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1886v.1940 |
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