Meanings
- InternetattributivederogatoryslangUsed to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.
I 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 page2 more examples
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 5But 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 150Synonyms: BTEC, dollar-store, Netflix adaptation, poor man's, Poundland, pound-shop, Temu, Tesco Value
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUsed to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.
Origin
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).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German wie auf Wish bestellt
- wie auf Wish bestelltused to denote something considered to be low-quality or an inferior copy
Hungarian wishes
- wishesused to denote something considered to be low-quality or an inferior copy
Cite this entry
Wish.com. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wish.com
“Wish.com.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wish.com. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wish.com,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wish.com.
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