Copypasta
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme. Internet, countable, uncountable
"Gikope is a really useful program for keeping up with AA and copypasta. I've rapidshared my own achieve, which includes 1000s of AAs and a large collection of copypasta."
- 2 Code or documentation that has been copied and pasted, often erroneously. countable, slang, uncountable
"Fix copypasta error in previous patch."
- 1 To copy and paste data from one website to another, usually text. Internet, uncommon
"You didn't read the paper. You dully copypastaed the abstract. The abstract is not the paper."
Example
More examples"The Navy Seal copypasta is one of the most famous copypastas (blocks of text that are often copied and pasted on internet forums and the like)."
Etymology
Blend of copy-paste + pasta. Etymology tree Latin cōps Latin -ia Latin cōpia Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cōpiō Old French copierbor. Middle English copien English copy Proto-Indo-European *(s)kweh₁t-der. Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste English copy-paste ▲ Late Latin pasta Italian pastabor. English pasta blend English copypasta
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