copypasta
/ˈkɑpiˌpɑstə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Code or documentation that has been copied and pasted, often erroneously.
Countable; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Our Father, who art in 4chan, Anonymous be thy name. Thy sage come, thy will be done on Gaia as it is in 4chan. Give us this day our copypasta, And forgive us our COMBO BREAKERs, as we forgive those who COMBO BREAK against us And lead us not into CP, but deliver us from Piro. For thine is the sandwich, and the win, and the awesome forever and ever. I guarantee it."
- "On the other paw, his further responses are generally rehashings (though not copypastas) of his original screed."
- "Almost everything posted on ARS [alt.religion.scientology] is copypasta from the original posted sources, i.e., web forums."
- "It's essentially a (sort of) copypasta of *only the first page* of an article published in the St. Petersburg Times […]"
- "Mike Rugnetta […] explained that creepypasta derives from a term called "copypasta," which described any piece of text that was endlessly "copy-pasted" across the Internet."
Etymology
Blend of copy-paste + pasta. Etymology tree Latin cōpiō Old French copierbor. Middle English copien English copy Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-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
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑpiˌpɑstə/
- British English: /ˈkɒpiˌpæstə/