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hamming

verb

present participle of ham

as in imitating

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Slop is formulaic and impersonal, the aggregate of everything that is already imitating everything else.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Even white people imitating Black people don’t talk like that anymore.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of imitating

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At the University of Mississippi, a video went viral of a Black woman surrounded by white students and the white students mimicking ape-like motions toward the woman and making monkey-like calls.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Researchers have developed a six-legged robot that can learn to walk by mimicking a stick insect’s movement patterns.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of mimicking

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Critics and fanboy media thrashed Supergirl not just for its Guardians of the Galaxy touchstones, but also for aping Mad Max.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 June 2026
For Shorts, the label will appear as a small overlay at the bottom of the video itself, although that will add to the already cluttered look of the TikTok-aping Shorts.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026

Definition of aping

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Ficarra is a brilliant clown — his part is all miming — and also the most level-headed of these characters.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Müldür immediately ran off towards the assistant referee, pointing at Almirón and miming the action the Atlanta United forward had done.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 21 June 2026

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