dupe

A clearly-not-the-original product that mimics a pricey item closely enough to scratch the same itch. Lululemon leggings for £15 at Aldi, a Sol de Janeiro mist from The Ordinary, a Dyson hairdryer from Shark. TikTok built an entire genre around hunting them.

Verb, old-school: to trick or deceive someone. The original dictionary meaning, mostly displaced in everyday speech by the product sense.

Short for 'duplicate.' The printed or hand-written copy of the order that hits the rail in the kitchen while the server keeps the original. When a cook yells 'I need a dupe!' they want the ticket re-fired because theirs got lost, soaked, or burned off the board.