noun Internet Slang

copypasta

· noun · internet

A block of text that gets copy-pasted between chats forever for the joke.

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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.”
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copypasta In A Sentence

Someone dropped the bee movie copypasta in the standup channel, chat died.

Origin & Usage

Slang fusion of 'copy paste,' coined on 4chan around 2006. The 'pasta' bit just because it sounded funnier.

Variants copy pastapasta

People Also Ask

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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