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Chris -- 2018-04-11
This one seems to work well: plagiarism is almost literally “taking a page out of someone else’s book.” A reference to the word “page” in a term for the theft of text or ideas seems appropriate. But I’m a little suspicious. “Plagerism” is a really common misspelling for “plagiarism” (214k rhits) and from there you only need drop one letter when typing. Still, I’d like to think a few of these are authentic. 200 rhits. Examples:
Where a tutor discovers what he/she suspects is a case of pagerism or collusion, the case should be referred to Dr. Frans Coenen.
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~frans/COMP101/tutorNotes.html
I really wouldn’t take notice of people who claim pagerism, as you are not claiming this work as entirely yours.
http://eliteforce2.filefront.com/file/E … dge;14141x
This is a case of pagerism pure and simple. Journalists, above anyone else, should know this. I think she should be fired.
http://business.talk.newsweek.com/defau … tem=562103
Pure pagerism is not creative.
http://www.imacguru.com/viewtopic.php?t … 6&start=15
To be honest, I like them just the way they are. I wouldn’t change a thing (and agree 100% with you about the whole pagerism thing).
http://www.lucasforums.com/archive/inde … 40456.html
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