A cheap, inferior copy or imitation of something valuable or well-known.
From the verb phrase 'knock off,' meaning to stop work or to make quickly and cheaply. The noun form emerged in the mid-20th century to describe mass-produced fake goods.
The term 'knockoff' beautifully captures the spirit of fast capitalism—'knock off' originally meant to quickly stop or produce something hastily, and it perfectly describes the rushed, inferior copies that flood markets today.
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