me-too
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]- (Début du XXe siècle) De me too.
Nom commun
[modifier le wikicode]me-too \mi.ˈtu\ (États-Unis), \miː.ˈtuː\ (Royaume-Uni)
- (Économie) Suiveur.
Verbe
[modifier le wikicode]| Temps | Forme |
|---|---|
| Infinitif | to me-too \mi.ˈtu\ ou \miː.ˈtuː\ |
| Présent simple, 3e pers. sing. |
me-toos \mi.ˈtuz\ ou \miː.ˈtuːz\ |
| Prétérit | me-tooed \mi.ˈtud\ ou \miː.ˈtuːd\ |
| Participe passé | me-tooed \mi.ˈtud\ ou \miː.ˈtuːd\ |
| Participe présent | me-tooing \mi.ˈtu.ɪŋ\ ou \miː.ˈtuː.ɪŋ\ |
| voir conjugaison anglaise | |
me-too \mi.ˈtu\ (États-Unis), \miː.ˈtuː\ (Royaume-Uni)
- (Populaire) Dire que c’est le cas aussi pour soi-même.
Instead, when the rest of the rubber-stamp governors were me-tooing the President, he arose and delivered himself somewhat in this fashion: The great majority of people in Maryland believe the Volstead Act simply cannot be enforced there.
— (Henry Louis Mencken, The American Mercury, vol. 7, 1926, p. 184)Incidentally, I have always felt that Governor Dewey conducted his 1948 campaign in the only way he could have to win. All the Republicans who accused him of losing because he “me-tooed” Truman and the Democrats were talking out of the folly of misdirected hindsight.
— (George Edward Allen, Presidents Who Have Known Me, 1950)