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copypasta
What does copypasta mean?
A chunk of text — sometimes a story, sometimes a rant, sometimes just nonsense — that people copy and paste into chats again and again as a running gag. The humour is in the repetition and the inappropriate context.
"Someone dropped the bee movie copypasta in the standup channel, chat died."
Origin
Slang fusion of 'copy paste,' coined on 4chan around 2006. The 'pasta' bit just because it sounded funnier.
Frequently asked questions
What is copypasta?
Copypasta is a block of text that gets copy-pasted between chats over and over for the joke.
How do you use copypasta in a sentence?
"He dropped that same copypasta in the chat again."
Where does the word copypasta come from?
It's a blend of copy-paste and pasta, playing on the idea of the text being served up again and again.
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