copypasta
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A copypasta is a block of text copied and pasted to the Internet and social media. Copypasta containing controversial ideas or lengthy rants are often posted for humorous purposes, to provoke reactions from those unaware that the posted text is an Internet meme.
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- Etymology
- Examples
- Navy Seal
- ''Bee Movie''
- "A drive into deep left field by Castellanos"
- Legal implications
- Technology
- See also
- References
- External links
A copypasta is a block of text copied and pasted to the Internet and social media. Copypasta containing controversial ideas or lengthy rants are often posted for humorous purposes, to provoke reactions from those unaware that the posted text is an Internet meme.
== Etymology == The term copypasta is derived from the computer interface term "copy and paste", the act of selecting a piece of text and copying it elsewhere. Usage of the word can be traced to an anonymous 4chan thread from 2006. Merriam-Webster recorded it as appearing on Usenet and Urban Dictionary for the first time that year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “copypasta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.