Definitions
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- noun Internet slang  A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- verb Internet slang  To copy andpaste data from one website to another, usually text.
Etymologies
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Examples
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								Psst, this blog post is largely copypasta from a law review article, which is linked to in the post itself. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Ninth Circuit Rodriguez Opinion and Speech in Non-Academic Workplaces 2010 
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								Its copypasta is the ridiculous “American ‘Thinker’.” 
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								He has saved BMW from a Jaguar-esque retro-fate, re-imagined the way cars are styled in the twenty-first century, and lived to see his critics either dwindle into irrelevance or voluntarily engage in shameless "copypasta" of his ideas. Speed:Sport:Life 2009 
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								Please don't post signatures, spam, astroturf or copypasta. Venezuela bans violent video games: a first-person guest essay - Boing Boing 2009 
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								Please don't post signatures, spam, astroturf or copypasta. Hypothetical peek into the feverish mind of Rupert Murdoch - Boing Boing 2009 
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								Engaging with a copypasta troll is futile, since the extent of its capabilities is Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V. 
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								Please don't post signatures, spam, astroturf or copypasta. UK govt proposes idiotic two-strikes-and-you're-out Internet copyright rule - Boing Boing 2009 
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								Please don't post signatures, spam, astroturf or copypasta. The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe - Boing Boing 2009 
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								Please don't post signatures, spam, astroturf or copypasta. 
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								Please don't post signatures, spam, astroturf or copypasta. Science Question From a Toddler: What do blind people see? Boing Boing 2009 
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								Then, earlier this year, Twitter announced a policy update that would “limit the visibility” of duplicate content, or “copypasta”—some read this as a harbinger of the true end days of gradient accounts, though many have continued to thrive. Everyone Wants to Be a Hot, Anxious Girl on Twitter Kaitlyn Tiffany 2022 
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