cooks source 

to borrow without permission, to plagiarize, to steal someone else's work, particularly without remorse and with a sense of entitlement

Source: In November 2010, Cooks Source magazine was at the center of an Internet tornado after it was found that the magazine had stolen a writer's article without permission. An e-mail response from the magazine's editor implied that everything on the Web was public domain and the jilted author should have been grateful for having her work stolen.

I was going to write that paper for class, but I found one online that worked, so I cooks sourced it instead.

cooks source by superjaberwocky November 6, 2010

Cooks Source 

Verb. To take private property without permission, (esp. written and intellectual), remove any inherent value under the delusion that they are making it "better," and pass it off as one's own for personal gain without bothering to obscure the real source.

When caught cooks sourcing, a person then becomes unreasonably arrogant, demands compensation for orchestrating the screw-over, and claims professional expertise on applicable cyber laws while demonstrating that they actually have less expertise than a teenage boy who just discovered there are things other than porn on the internet. See also: Griggs

My neighbor tried to cooks source my champion show dog. He stole Muffy out of my yard and started walking her around the neighborhood, right past my house. Then I received an invitation to the dog show, and a bill for the vet that spayed her! You should have heard him try to Griggs his way out of it: "Honestly, the dog was outside so it was public domain. You should be thanking me - I fixed her."

Cooks Source by Mearth November 7, 2010

Cooks Source 

Plagiarism. Stealing. Comes from the cooking magazine of the same name which plagiarized articles lifted off the internet.

No, I totally cooks sourced it from the internets. All that stuff is public domain, you know?

Cooks Source by punxnotdead286 November 7, 2010

Cooks Source 

Also known as Cooks Source Magazine, a Magazine from New England, which is full of thieves, crooks, and liars. An organization comparable with death, Nazis, and poop.

In anger, people started to revolt to protect what was rightfully theirs. After all, Cooks Source was the center of all evil. And as people started using Cook Source as a term in conversation, new phrase had been born.

To use the term, simply state something terrible and blame it on Cooks Source, chances are it actually was their fault in the first place.

Cooks Source blocked the adoption of the metric system.

Cooks Source by John Smithh II November 6, 2010

Cooks-Source

Verb; to copy writing from the Internet for publication in hard copy magazine form, without notification or payment to the author.

That travel magazine Cooks-Sourced my blog post about hitchhiking through Memphis! Those bastards!

Cooks-Source by beyota November 7, 2010

Cook Sourced 

When someone steals something of yours, then expects you to thank them for it.

"But honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of... If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain... We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me... ALWAYS for free!" -- letter to blogger Monica Gaudio over the theft of her article from the thief

Monica... ya dun been cook sourced.

Cook Sourced by the.real.captain.obvious November 5, 2010

Cook Sourcing 

when someone steals your shit then tells you that you should thank them for the privilege

The text in the Definition was lifted from someone else who posted it on the Cook Source Facebook page. So a Meta-Cook Sourcing, of sorts. Oh yeah- you're welcome.

Cook Sourcing by Skippy Sleestak November 5, 2010