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There is no special noun for that in English, but 'to copy' or 'to copy-paste' works, but is not jargon at all, it works for anything, whether plagiarized or reworked.

Plagiarizing from electronic articles is certainly a recognized phenomenon in English speaking cultures, but there is no noun, no special term for that class of objects.

One could refer to the situation in other ways, like

Did you get that off the internet?

 

I copy-pasted my paper from my friend.

 

He cobbled together his paper from wikipedia articles.

There are related terms: 'paper mill' where one can purchase a paper written by someone else on contract (the paper is said to be 'ghostwritten'). But there is no term for when one does the cut and paste onesself.

There is no special noun for that in English, but 'to copy' or 'to copy-paste' works, but is not jargon at all, it works for anything, whether plagiarized or reworked.

Plagiarizing from electronic articles is certainly a recognized phenomenon in English speaking cultures, but there is no noun, no special term for that class of objects.

One could refer to the situation in other ways, like

Did you get that off the internet?

 

I copy-pasted my paper from my friend.

 

He cobbled together his paper from wikipedia articles.

There are related terms: 'paper mill' where one can purchase a paper written by someone else on contract (the paper is said to be 'ghostwritten'). But there is no term for when one does the cut and paste onesself.

There is no special noun for that in English, but 'to copy' or 'to copy-paste' works, but is not jargon at all, it works for anything, whether plagiarized or reworked.

Plagiarizing from electronic articles is certainly a recognized phenomenon in English speaking cultures, but there is no noun, no special term for that class of objects.

One could refer to the situation in other ways, like

Did you get that off the internet?

I copy-pasted my paper from my friend.

He cobbled together his paper from wikipedia articles.

There are related terms: 'paper mill' where one can purchase a paper written by someone else on contract (the paper is said to be 'ghostwritten'). But there is no term for when one does the cut and paste onesself.

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There is no special termnoun for that in English, but 'to copy' or 'to copy-paste' works, but is not jargon at all, it works for anything, whether plagiarized or reworked.

ItPlagiarizing from electronic articles is certainly a recognized phenomenon in English speaking cultures, but there is no noun, no specialspecial term for that class of objects.

One could refer to the situation in other ways, like

Did you get that off the internet?

I copy-pasted my paper from my friend.

He cobbled together his paper from wikipedia articles.

There are related terms: 'paper mill' where one can purchase a paper written by someone else on contract (the paper is said to be 'ghostwritten'). But there is no term for when one does the cut and paste onesself.

There is no special term for that in English.

It is certainly a recognized phenomenon in English speaking cultures, but there is no noun, no special term for that class of objects.

One could refer to the situation in other ways, like

Did you get that off the internet?

I copy-pasted my paper from my friend.

He cobbled together his paper from wikipedia articles.

There are related terms: 'paper mill' where one can purchase a paper written by someone else on contract (the paper is said to be 'ghostwritten'). But there is no term for when one does the cut and paste onesself.

There is no special noun for that in English, but 'to copy' or 'to copy-paste' works, but is not jargon at all, it works for anything, whether plagiarized or reworked.

Plagiarizing from electronic articles is certainly a recognized phenomenon in English speaking cultures, but there is no noun, no special term for that class of objects.

One could refer to the situation in other ways, like

Did you get that off the internet?

I copy-pasted my paper from my friend.

He cobbled together his paper from wikipedia articles.

There are related terms: 'paper mill' where one can purchase a paper written by someone else on contract (the paper is said to be 'ghostwritten'). But there is no term for when one does the cut and paste onesself.

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Mitch
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  • 143
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There is no special term for that in English.

It is certainly a recognized phenomenon in English speaking cultures, but there is no noun, no special term for that class of objects.

One could refer to the situation in other ways, like

Did you get that off the internet?

I copy-pasted my paper from my friend.

He cobbled together his paper from wikipedia articles.

There are related terms: 'paper mill' where one can purchase a paper written by someone else on contract (the paper is said to be 'ghostwritten'). But there is no term for when one does the cut and paste onesself.