[Ads-l] Temu, adj. (2024)

[dave@wilton.net]

Not in the OED. Green's has a cite from 8 March 2025.
 
Meaning second rate, of poor quality, a cheap imitation. From the name of the online retailer.
 
@amandasmith.bsky.social. Bluesky.com, 21 September 2024. [ https://bsky.app/profile/amandasmith.bsky.social/post/3l4p6uhntwu26  ]( https://bsky.app/profile/amandasmith.bsky.social/post/3l4p6uhntwu26  )
 
"fun fact in 2009 my geology 101 professor was adamant that this would be the cause of the next civil war and while he missed 'rise of Temu Fascism' he’s still not wrong"
 

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