Noun-

Etymology: Coined from Vicente Sotto III, one of Philippines' senators when his senatorial speech was found to have multiple verbatim quotes without citations of their authors.

1. the practice of plagiarizing a literature and using such for public- speaking engagements
2. the act of using celebrity status to present a copied idea whilst making it appear as his/her own
3. an event where one gets caught in the act of plagiarism and arrogantly admits to be at no fault

verb: sottoed, sottoing

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods