me-too

American

[mee-too] / ˈmiˈtu /

adjective

Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism.

a candidate's me-too campaign.

me-too British

noun

slang a person who does something merely because someone else has done it

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of me-too

First recorded in 1925–30; from phrase me too

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me-too

It may need to move quickly before its "me-too" products lose their value, said an executive at a multinational seed company who declined to be named.

From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2021

“The efficacy overall is couple of notches below the Pfizer and Moderna studies…it’s a me-too vaccine at best.”

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 14, 2021

“Everything that was coming out was another me-too antidepressant, and anything that was truly novel wasn’t able to show clinical benefit,” Sanacora said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2019

"If we offer a me-too product, it’s not going to work," he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2018

Faults to be careful of: deceit, shallowness, a "me-too" servility and timidity.

From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by C. J. Coffman

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