Copy and paste
The word
copypasta appeared in 2006
[1], as a way to give a name to uninteresting messages which were getting
spammed all over some websites.
It is a
portmanteau made from the combination of "copy/paste" and "pasta"
[2], used to qualify text snippets which get copied and pasted in conversations. It is unknown why the word "pasta" was chosen.
Most copypasta begin their lives as legitimate messages, which are so silly, so bad, or so good, that they get repeated by others out of context, and eventually turn into
memes.
Copypasta tend to be
inside jokes, making them quite confusing to newcomers unaware that they are reading out of context copied and pasted text.
On the various types of copypasta
Cockmongler generously offering you some of his copypasta
Just like pasta, there are many varieties of copypasta.
The most common the ones used to mock certain types of people, such as the
navy seal copypasta, the
high IQ copypasta, or
they targeted gamers.
Others such as
Bel-air or
shittymorph are used by
trolls to subvert a reader's expectations by tricking them into thinking they were reading something actually interesting.
A more outlandish variation is
emojipasta, copypasta with added
emoji sauce in order to make it properly indegistible.
There are a few more types of copypasta, including absurdist pasta such as
tendies stories or scary pasta such as
creepypasta.
You can find a list of more or less interesting copypasta in the
copypasta category of this compendium.
Popularity
Sources & Links
[1] The origins of copypasta on Stackexchange
discusses its origins and has a theory on the choice of the word "pasta".
[2] Copypasta on Merriam-Webster gives a more grammatical analysis of copypasta.
Copy and paste
The word
copypasta appeared in 2006, as a way to give a name to uninteresting messages which were getting
spammed all over some websites.
It is a
portmanteau made from the combination of "copy/paste" and "pasta", used to qualify text snippets which get copied and pasted in conversations. It is unknown why the word "pasta" was chosen.
Most copypasta begin their lives as legitimate messages, which are so silly, so bad, or so good, that they get repeated by others out of context, and eventually turn into
memes.
Copypasta tend to be
inside jokes, making them quite confusing to newcomers unaware that they are reading out of context copied and pasted text.
On the various types of copypasta
Cockmongler generously offering you some of his copypasta
Just like pasta, there are many varieties of copypasta.
The most common the ones used to mock certain types of people, such as the
navy seal copypasta, the
high IQ copypasta, or
they targeted gamers.
Others such as
Bel-air or
shittymorph are used by
trolls to subvert a reader's expectations by tricking them into thinking they were reading something actually interesting.
A more outlandish variation is
emojipasta, copypasta with added
emoji sauce in order to make it properly indegistible.
There are a few more types of copypasta, including absurdist pasta such as
tendies stories or scary pasta such as
creepypasta.
You can find a list of more or less interesting copypasta in the
copypasta category of this compendium.
Copy and paste
The word
copypasta appeared in 2006, as a way to give a name to uninteresting messages which were getting
spammed all over some websites.
It is a
portmanteau made from the combination of "copy/paste" and "pasta", used to qualify text snippets which get copied and pasted in conversations. It is unknown why the word "pasta" was chosen.
Most copypasta begin their lives as legitimate messages, which are so silly, so bad, or so good, that they get repeated by others out of context, and eventually turn into
memes.
Copypasta tend to be
inside jokes, making them quite confusing to newcomers unaware that they are reading out of context copied and pasted text.
On the various types of copypasta
Cockmongler generously offering you some of his copypasta
Just like pasta, there are many varieties of copypasta.
The most common the ones used to mock certain types of people, such as the
navy seal copypasta, the
high IQ copypasta, or
they targeted gamers.
Others such as
Bel-air or
shittymorph are used by
trolls to subvert a reader's expectations by tricking them into thinking they were reading something actually interesting.
A more outlandish variation is
emojipasta, copypasta with added
emoji sauce in order to make it properly indegistible.
There are a few more types of copypasta, including absurdist pasta such as
tendies stories or scary pasta such as
creepypasta.
You can find a list of more or less interesting copypasta in the
copypasta category of this compendium.
Copy and paste
The word
copypasta appeared in 2006, as a way to give a name to uninteresting messages which were getting
spammed all over some websites.
It is a
portmanteau made from the combination of "copy/paste" and "pasta", used to qualify text snippets which get copied and pasted in conversations. It is unknown why the word "pasta" was chosen.
Most copypasta begin their lives as legitimate messages, which are so silly, so bad, or so good, that they get repeated by others out of context, and eventually turn into
memes.
Copypasta tend to be
inside jokes, making them quite confusing to newcomers unaware that they are reading out of context copied and pasted text.
