Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

copy-paster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: copy---paster
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who copy-pastes.

Example Sentences

"Yes, so why bother? Making things difficult for copy-pasters is just lame. If I want your image I will get it regardless of what crappy code you write."
"Eich’s purpose in creating JavaScript was to give Web developers— not known for their technical prowess — an easy way to add bits of interactivity to pages. The idea was to copy scripts from other pages and tweak them a bit. In this respect he succeeded admirably: many JavaScript developers (including myself) started out as copy-pasters."

Etymology

From copy-paste + -er.

Inflected Forms

copy-pasters (plural)

Questions

What does copy-paster mean?: One who copy-pastes.
Where does copy-paster come from?: From copy-paste + -er.

How to pronounce copy-paster

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