copypasta
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copypasta
- /ˈkɒpiˌpæstə/ UK
- /ˈkɑpiˌpɑstə/ US
- /ˈkɒpiˌpeɪstə/
Where it comes from
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
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Late Latin pasta
Italian pastabor.
English pasta
blend
English copypasta
noun copypastas
- A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme. 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.
- Code or documentation that has been copied and pasted, often erroneously. Fix copypasta error in previous patch.
verb copypastas · copypastaing · copypastaed
- To copy and paste data from one website to another, usually text. You didn't read the paper. You dully copypastaed the abstract. The abstract is not the paper.
Translations
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noun a block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else
| Español | copipega |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 복붙 bokbut |
| 日本語 | コピペ kopipe |
| 中文 | 定型文 dìngxíngwén |
| Português | copypasta |
| Français | copié-collé, copypasta |
| Русский | копипа́ста kopipásta |
noun code or documentation that has been copied and pasted, often erroneously
| Français | copié-merdé |
|---|
verb to copy and paste data, usually text
| Español | (texto) pegar, copipegar |
|---|---|
| Русский | копи́ровать kopírovatʹ, скопи́ровать skopírovatʹ, сдира́ть sdirátʹ, содра́ть sodrátʹ |
Talk about this word "copypasta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/copypasta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. copypasta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/copypasta "copypasta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/copypasta.Cite this
@misc{copypasta_2026,
title = {copypasta},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/copypasta},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
