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Chris -- 2018-04-11
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Are editors feeling plagued by plagiarism?
A cartoon
http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/p/plaguerise.asp
“Did Iran’s president plaguerize a speech…?”
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index … 527AA0zesW
”...and if we publish a plaguerized work on our site….”
http://www.moviesnobs.net/info/terms-of-use/
“It’s always so easy to tell when my students plaguerize. ... Today’s plaguerized text of the day is spreading the rumor that….”
http://wonkoblog.com/category/biden/
“Never underestimate plaguerism”
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_boar … /1325.html
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In order for this to be an eggcorn and not a misspelling, I think the connection must be to the nature of the act of plagiarism, rather than to its frequency. I wonder, for instance, if a connection is being made to parasitism – to plaguerize is to parasitize someone else’s efforts?
To back up your suggestion, Jim, I admit that it is possible to find a series of quotes from the internet where the rampancy of plaguerism is being highlighted.
It was therefore enlightening this week to see various news reports regarding a survey into the widespread problem of plaguerism amongst A-Level students.
(http://holyroodpark.net/nklosborne/presentations/29)
THE I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T!
Dont want to be seen – anonymous
Can be a tool for thieves – Art thieves, Plaguerism from reports (epidemic at schools)
(http://lasaro.deviantart.com/journal/10 … ?offset=50)
Sadly the complaint was uttered that too many cases of plaguerism where being detected and especially the follow up on each case was taking up time and resources.
(http://keithrussell.blogspot.com/2008/0 … erism.html)
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