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cooksource 

To fail to give or trace the source for while conducting oneself in a self-righteous manner.

Related forms:

cooksourcing, cooksourced
"I had to cooksource my research paper to meet the deadline. The dude I stole it from should be grateful that I'm using his work."

Synonyms:
1. plagiarize

2. rip off
cooksource by theEdmo November 5, 2010
Related Words

cooksourced 

Plagiarizing content and republishing it as your own, as Cooks Source magazine allegedly did to blogger Monica Gaudio, as recounted on her Live Journal.

Bonus points if you also tell the person you lifted the work from that they should be grateful to you for editing their original.
-Dude! You can't turn that paper into to your comparative web class. You cooksourced it from Daring Fireball.

--Yes, but I edited that jerks words and made it better, so it's all good.
cooksourced by Guy Grand November 5, 2010

cooksource 

To blatantly plagiarize content for your own use.
I've got a long article to write for tomorrow, but I'm so tired I think I'll just cooksource it.
cooksource by Billsources November 5, 2010

cooksource 

To plagiarize without shame from an internet author, as Cooks Source online magazine did from Monica Gaudio. Cooks Source‘s October 2010 issue contained a copy of Gaudio's article "A Tale of Two Tarts," re-edited and named "As American As Apple Pie-Isn't."

The editor of Cooks Source, Judith Griggs, refused the Gaudio's request for an apology on Facebook, a printed apology in the magazine and $130 donation (which turns out to be about $0.10 per word of the original article) to be given to the Columbia School of Journalism.
You totally cooksourced that movie description from IMDB. We can't use it- they'd sue us!
cooksource by Valgirl November 6, 2010

cooksource 

Infringing on copyright and then attempting to get paid for publicity.
I don't have time to write my own articles, maybe I'll just cooksource it and earn a buck!
cooksource by JGrig November 5, 2010

Cooksource 

Popularized by Judith Griggs, cooksourcing is the act of taking copyrighted material on the web and reproducing it as your own. One should generally try to improve the stolen material and then request payments from the original creator for improving their work.
Joe Smith: He where did you get this article.

Judith Griggs: I cooksourced that shit!

Joe Smith: Ah, I hope the internet doesn't get mad.
Cooksource by The Internetzzz November 6, 2010
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