Definition of copy-pasta

copy-pasta    

noun - uncountable

• something repeatedly posted on an internet-based discussion forum. From "copy-paste".

  I've seen that copy-pasta a thousand times. He's not making any new arguments.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Jan 05 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 25 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
LML	Definitions include: acronym for "licking my lips".
LMRO	Definitions include: acronym for "laughing my rear off" or "laughing my rump off".
hacker	Definitions include: while "hacker" originally had positive connotations, it has since come to refer to individuals who sometimes use computers with malicious intent.
ESAD	Definitions include: acronym for "eat shit and die".
bit bucket	Definitions include: the place where all deleted, lost, or misdirected data goes to.
horked	Definitions include: broken; ruined.
LOL	Definitions include: acronym of "laugh out loud" or "laughing out loud."
spamvertize	Definitions include: to advertise using spam and "spammy" techniques.
kludge	Definitions include: to use one or more kludges (as described in the noun sense) to solve a problem.
FOCROFLOL	Definitions include: acronym for "falling off chair, rolling on floor, laughing out loud".
firefight	Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
system	Definitions include: a computer system.
freeware	Definitions include: "Freeware" was originally the trademark of "PC-Talk" author Andrew Fluegelman.
AFAICS	Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can see".
IDGAFOS	Definitions include: acronym for "I don't give a fuck or shit".
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Other terms relating to 'copy':
carbon copy	Definitions include: an exact copy.
CC	Definitions include: in the days of e-mails carbon copies are considered forwards, i.e. forwarded e-mails
copy-cat	Definitions include: a person who copies others.
copy that	Definitions include: to understand.
Other terms relating to 'pasta':
pasta rocket	Definitions include: an Italian motorcycles (Ducati, etc.)

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