Copy-pasto

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An error caused by incorrect copy-pasting, often resulting in unintended text (or other content) being inserted. slang

    "Sorry, copy-pasto. This line was moved few lines up to here by my evil mouse. :-("

Example

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"Sorry, copy-pasto. This line was moved few lines up to here by my evil mouse. :-("

Etymology

From copy-paste + -o, on the model of typo (“typographical error”).

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