copycat

Here are some quick tips to hold your own:   Avoid playing copycat.

The theory of copycat suicides—fueled by media coverage—has long been studied in academic circles.

One thing The O.C. started is all the copycat shows, from The Real Housewives of Orange County to Laguna Beach.

Perfectly likable and watchable—it is a House copycat starring Greg Kinnear, after all—but not exactly the most inventive TV.

China has no homegrown Apples or Microsofts, they say, because it is just a copycat nation.